No. 2 Dock

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No. 2 Dock is one of the principal dock basins within Barry Docks in South Wales, historically used for handling coal exports and other maritime trade.

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Label Occurrences
No. 2 Dock canonical 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dock basin ⓘ
maritime infrastructure ⓘ
associatedWith Barry Railway Company ⓘ
linked to: Barry Railway

South Wales coalfield ⓘ
basinType tidal dock basin ⓘ
cargoTypeHandled other bulk commodities ⓘ
steam coal ⓘ
connectedTo rail infrastructure serving Barry Docks ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor high-volume bulk cargo ⓘ
economicRole facilitated export of coal from South Wales coalfield ⓘ
eraOfPeakUse early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
hasFunction berthing of cargo vessels ⓘ
loading of coal ⓘ
unloading of imports ⓘ
historicalSignificance formed part of one of the world’s largest coal-exporting ports in the early 20th century ⓘ
locatedIn Barry ⓘ
South Wales ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Vale of Glamorgan ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
partOf Barry Docks ⓘ
Barry port complex ⓘ
linked to: Port of Barry
portArea Barry Docks and Harbour ⓘ
linked to: Barry Docks
regionServed industrial South Wales ⓘ
relativeImportance one of the principal dock basins at Barry Docks ⓘ
usedFor coal exports ⓘ
general cargo handling ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
waterBody Bristol Channel ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barry Docks → hasPart → No. 2 Dock ⓘ