Historic Cities
Walk Cardiff in 1910
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Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk
Coal‑Boom Cardiff, 1910
Cardiff in 1910 is the busiest coal port on earth, its docks stacked with wagons and steam colliers while the Coal Exchange rings with money and contracts. The walk follows the tide of coal and people from the bay into the heart of the city — docks, merchant squares, tramlined shopping streets, the castle and the new white civic buildings in Cathays Park.
37 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 15 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Cardiff as it stood in 1910 (“History of Cardiff”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Cardiff Bay Entrance
- 2. The Pierhead Building
- ↳ Committee Chamber · interior
- 3. Bute West Dock
- ↳ Weighhouse and Tally Office · interior
- 4. Butetown Quays
- ↳ Quayside Taproom · interior
- 5. Mount Stuart Square
- ↳ Merchants' Counting House · interior
- 6. The Coal Exchange
- ↳ Trading Floor · interior
- ↳ Members' Smoking Room · interior
- 7. Customs Quay
- ↳ Customs Examination Room · interior
- 8. Butetown Boarding Houses
- ↳ Seamen's Dormitory · interior
- 9. James Street
- 10. Adam Street
- 11. Westgate Street
- 12. St Mary Street
- ↳ Drapery and Millinery · interior
- 13. The Hayes
- 14. Cardiff Market
- ↳ Glass-Roofed Meat Hall · interior
- 15. Queen Street
- ↳ Banking Hall · interior
- 16. High Street
- 17. Womanby Street
- ↳ Vaulted Quay Tavern · interior
- 18. Cardiff Castle
- ↳ Arab Room · interior
- ↳ Banqueting Hall · interior
- 19. Bute Park and River Taff
- 20. Cathays Park
- 21. Cardiff City Hall
- ↳ Marble Hall · interior
- 22. City Hall Forecourt