The Ocean Coal Company and 'The Barry' by Leslie M. Shore

Product Information\n\nThe Ocean Coal Company and 'The Barry' by Leslie M. Shore\n\nClick on the Image to Enlarge zoom_in\n\nDESCRIPTION\nThe Ocean Coal Company between 1866 and 1884 epitomized extraordinary enterprise under the leadership of David Davies (1818-1890). Collieries opened were Park, Maindy, Dare and Eastern in the Rhondda Fawr Valley, and Western, Garw, and Lady Windsor in adjacent Glamorgan valleys. Thousands of jobs were created to work the \u2018finest seams of coal in the world\u2019. New villages, Blaengawr, Cwmparc, Nantymoel, Ton Pentre and Ynysbwl, were built. The coal mined powered steamships, a \u2018most lucrative monopoly\u2019 for the South Wales Coalfield. In 1893, his son Edward Davies (1852-1898) oversaw the purchase of Deep Navigation Colliery. For two decades, the company was the coalfield\u2019s major coal producer. Due to David Davies serving as the \u2018arch promoter\u2019 of the Barry Dock and Railway Company, the Ocean Company overcame obstacles m