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 | | Penarth was a small and unilnportant village until a tidal harbour at the mouth of the Ely was opened in 1839, and a railway, 6 m. |
 | | long, was made about the same time, connecting the harbour with the Taff Vale railway at Radyr. |
 | | A dock, authorized in 1857, was opened in 1865, when all three undertakings, which had cost f775,000, were leased in perpetuity to the Taff Vale Railway Company. |
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