Heartland Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 Old Docks at Barry are in the news as the Council want to remove two boats there. The Vale of Glamorgan Council has made arrangements for two boats to be removed from Barry Harbour. Morning Dawn and Alisa have been left in the harbour for some time and both are in a state of disrepair. The Council has made a number of attempts to encourage the owners to attend to the vessels without response. One of the ships will be broken up within the harbour and removed by a specialist company next week. There are plans also to fill in the harbour and build houses, it seems Seems like another developers proposal, like the one that lost Liverpool, its World Heritage site status ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 In relation to the above there are other boats there including the hull of a wooden vessel. If the Morning Dawn and Alisa were in disrepair, the wooden vessel is probably a hulk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 This craft is clearly a survivor from a past time, but is anything known about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenA Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 22/07/2021 at 13:01, Heartland said: Old Docks at Barry are in the news as the Council want to remove two boats there. The Vale of Glamorgan Council has made arrangements for two boats to be removed from Barry Harbour. Morning Dawn and Alisa have been left in the harbour for some time and both are in a state of disrepair. The Council has made a number of attempts to encourage the owners to attend to the vessels without response. One of the ships will be broken up within the harbour and removed by a specialist company next week. There are plans also to fill in the harbour and build houses, it seems Seems like another developers proposal, like the one that lost Liverpool, its World Heritage site status ! The harbour itself seems to be in a state of disrepair too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 The old harbour looks different when the tide is in. This is an area changed by the construction of the coal shipping port of Barry Docks. Previously there had been a small port on the east side of the estuary, at Austry. This was a time when craft such as the trows traded along the Severn. In these times Barry Island was separate as is seen on this 1809 survey for the Ordnance Survey (sheet 20) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeby100 Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 It’s a shame to lose the harbour to build bloody more houses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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