Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - The River Ely Iron Ore Wharf . . .

The following tonnages were imported to Penarth Dock and Ely Tidal Harbour as taken from Statements of Trade, British Transport Commission, Chief Docks Manager's Office, Pierhead Buildings, Cardiff Docks. [001]:

Year	Iron Ore (tons)	Oil (tons)
1938	-	47,626
1939	-	48,642
1940	-	32,228
1941	-	6,467
1942	-	6,205
1943	302	9,538
1944	-	8,482
1945	-	7,556
1946	-	29,306
1947	-	39,215
1948	-	53,415
1949	-	82,426
1950	-	88,265
1951	-	99,363
1952	-	92,532
1953	-	87,723

It is clear that the iron ore imports had died at the Ely Tidal Harbour and had been replaced with oil importation except for a noticeable decline during the years of WWII (1939-1945). [203]

Read more of the later use of the wharf in the Chapter entitled : 'Petroleum-Storage Installations at Avonmouth and at Cardiff [1890] . . . .'