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    An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

    A few weeks ago I posted a view of the Maindy area of Cardiff which sparked some interest, so I'm posting another view. I say it's 'astonishing' partly because of the course of a canal through the centre of the city less than a century ago.

    Aerial view of central cardiff 1923.jpg

    (The photo is of sufficient quality to download and increase in size)
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    Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

    What’s that circular thing just to the right of the canal near the top of the picture? Cardiff didn’t have an amphitheatre once did it?

    As a kid, I used to think my parents were having me on when we’d be going along some street in the centre of Cardiff and they’d say the canal used to run along here.

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      Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

      Originally posted by the other bob wilson View Post
      What’s that circular thing just to the right of the canal near the top of the picture? Cardiff didn’t have an amphitheatre once did it?

      As a kid, I used to think my parents were having me on when we’d be going along some street in the centre of Cardiff and they’d say the canal used to run along here.
      Looks like a gas holder.

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        Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

        Originally posted by cyril evans awaydays View Post
        Looks like a gas holder.
        Yeah, that’s what I thought, like the one at the Oval - a colosseum would have been far more interesting though.

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          Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

          I can't work out any bearings from that picture. Is anyone able to shed light on what they see?

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            Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

            trying to work out where that is in relation to the modern city centre, and I'm struggling

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              Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

              When I looked at the triangular configuration of buildings near the bottom left, and just to the right of the canal, I thought it was the Angel hotel location and Westgate street, but that simply can't be...

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                Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

                is that gas holder roughly where the Motorpoint is now

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                  Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

                  The white building on the far left, a third of the way up the pic is Sam’s Bar/Peppermint/Zync

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                    Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

                    It’s Queen Street; Principality Building is bottom left. The gas holder is where the Capital Shopping Centre is.

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                      Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

                      queen street.jpg

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                        Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

                        Originally posted by fingers View Post
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                        I don’t think that’s right. I’m seeing Mill Lane and the crossroads at the end of St Mary’s street at the bottom left and the railway lines are headed towards Central station just out of picture at the bottom.

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                          Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

                          Originally posted by Canton Kev View Post
                          I don’t think that’s right. I’m seeing Mill Lane and the crossroads at the end of St Mary’s street at the bottom left and the railway lines are headed towards Central station just out of picture at the bottom.
                          Yeah that's what I see. You can actually see the start of Central Station platforms bottom left if you blow-up the photo. The bridge at the north end of Bute Street is plainly visible. I first thought there had been a flood, but it's obvious that it's smoke giving that impression.

                          I was researching that canal and Dumballs Road seems to have built on top of it.

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                            Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

                            Here’s the same view today
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                              Re: An astonishing aerial view of central Cardiff from 1923

                              Originally posted by fingers View Post
                              It’s Queen Street; Principality Building is bottom left. The gas holder is where the Capital Shopping Centre is.
                              Wouldn’t think so, there’s no Blackfriars ruins and this picture shows a railway opposite. The York pub is alongside the railway line in East Canal Wharf and the gas holder is more or less where the gas board building is on Bute Terrace at the bottom of Churchill Way which is now a hotel.

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