Cardiff in making iron and later steel, brought to the sea by packhorse from Merthyr Tydfil. This was first achieved by the construction of a long canal from Merthyr (510 feet above sea-level) to the Taff Estuary at Cardiff. Eventually the Taff Vale Railway replaced the canal barges and massive marshalling yards sprang up as new docks were developed in Cardiff – all prompted by the soaring worldwide demand for coal from the South Wales valleys. At its peak, Cardiff's port area, known as Tiger Bay, became the busiest port in the world and – for some time – the world's
History of the Galveston Bay Area are expected to take decades to fully recover. Most major industry was able to return to normal operations but some tourist areas have taken longer to recover. Discussions of a proposal to build an "Ike Dike" that would protect the Bay Area, particularly the nationally critical Houston Ship Channel, were begun in 2009. the project is still in the conceptual stage. History of the Galveston Bay Area For a period of over 7000 years, humans have inhabited the Galveston Bay Area in what is now the United States. Through their history the communities in the region have been influenced by