Barry, Vale of Glamorgan dock basin was opened in 1889 to be followed by two other docks and extensive port installations. The Barry Railway brought coal down from the South Wales Valleys to the new docks whose trade grew from one million tons in the first year, to over nine million tons by 1903. The port was crowded with ships and had flourishing ship repair yards, cold stores, flour mills and an ice factory. By 1913, Barry was the largest coal exporting port in the world. Behind the docks rose the terraced houses of Barry which, with Cadoxton, soon formed a sizeable town. The
Coastal coal-carrying trade of New South Wales Pier at Botany on the northern shore of Botany Bay were still standing in 2002. The area is now part of Port Botany, which has supplanted Sydney Harbour as the main cargo port of Sydney. There is one remaining 'sixty-miler' afloat, the "MV Stephen Brown," although no longer in use as a collier"." She is used as a stationary training vessel by the Australian Maritime College. Wrecks of other 'sixty-milers' exist at Homebush Bay in Sydney and on the sea bed near Sydney. Coastal coal-carrying trade of New South Wales The Coastal coal-carrying trade of New South Wales involved the