RAILSCOT | Glamorganshire Canal

/ /1790	Glamorganshire Canal Incorporated.
/ /1798	Glamorganshire Canal Basin and sea lock opened in Cardiff.
/ /1835	Glamorganshire Canal Starts to suffer congestion.
/ /1882	Glamorganshire Canal A link is opened between the Sea Lock and Canal Basin in Cardiff to the South Wales Railway.
/ /1885	Glamorganshire Canal Acquired by the Marquis of Bute for conversion to a railway later in 1898 - not converted.
/ /1896	Bute Docks Company Buy the Glamorganshire Canal and Aberdare Canal.
/ /1943	Glamorganshire Canal Cardiff Corporation applies for powers to acquire and close the canal.
/ /1951	Glamorganshire Canal Last section of canal, the basin and sea lock, closed on accidental destruction of the sea lock gates.
23/02/1963	Glamorganshire Canal Cardiff Corporation closes the last part of the Glamorganshire Canal's operation; a link between the sea lock and canal basin and sidings on the South Wales Railway.