Newport Docks is the collective name for a group of docks in the city of Newport, south-east Wales. By the eighteenth century there were a number of wharves...
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insurrection in Great Britain, the Newport Rising of 1839. In the 20th century, the docks declined in importance, but Newport remained an important centre for...
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the United States Navy. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including...
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The Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway (ADR) was a company formed in 1882 from the former Newport Dock Company of 1865. There was considerable...
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Docks, Avonmouth Sharpness Gloucester Newport Docks, Newport Cardiff Docks, Cardiff Barry Docks, Barry Port of Port Talbot, Port Talbot Swansea Docks...
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acquired the Rumney Railway, an old plateway, and this gave it access to Newport docks. This changed its emphasis from rural line to mineral artery. It opened...
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is a harborside community in Newport Beach, California, accessible to the public via bridge, ferry and several public docks. The community is surrounded...
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to the wagon being scrapped in error at Newport Docks. The wagon was used as a static buffer on the main dock, however the scrap merchant cut up the wagon...
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Black Panther Division, loaded onto 2 1/2 ton trucks, roll through the gate of the US Army Terminal at Newport Docks enroute to Bearcat, 22 July 1968...
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Burry Port harbour Llanelli Swansea docks* Neath* Port of Port Talbot* Barry Docks* Cardiff Docks* Newport Docks* The following have been approved as...
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