Pierhead Building - Historic Marker - Cardiff Bay, Wales.
N 51° 27.801 W 003° 09.801
30U E 488652 N 5701365
Historic Pierhead building in Cardiff helped Wales forge its identity ‘through water and fire’ in the late nineteenth century. Today its aim is to inform, involve and inspire a new generation to forge a future for Wales.
Waymark Code: WMPBYN
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/06/2015
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The Pierhead building, looks out over Cardiff Bay from the front, and over the Welsh Parliament building (Senedd) to the rear. The Pierhead building and clock, would be the first things ancient mariners would see when they arrived by sea to Wales. The building now serves as a Welsh history museum.
"The Pierhead Building (Welsh: Adeilad y Pierhead) is a Grade 1 listed building of the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff Bay, Wales. It stands as one of the city of Cardiff's most familiar landmarks and was built in 1897 as the headquarters for the Bute Dock Company.
The Bute Dock Company was renamed the Cardiff Railway Company in 1897. A coat of arms on the building's façade bears the company's motto "wrth ddwr a thân" (by fire and water) encapsulating the elements creating the steam power which transformed Wales.
The Pierhead became the administrative office for the Port of Cardiff in 1947."
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"The historic Pierhead building in Cardiff is reopening as an events and visitor attraction.
St David's Day sees a rebirth for a building which dates from 1897 and is regarded as a landmark for the capital.
While it sits in south Wales, it is built from terracotta produced near Ruabon in north Wales." Text Source: (
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