Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
It was never known as a canal. Only as the feeder. Besides the dock it also fed the castle moat. It was never designed for boats and is far to small for a canal boat. Besides which it doesn't go anywhere.

Can I suggest that you Google Cardiff feeder and see what comes up. I just did and Cardiff parks came up first.....They call it the Feeder Canal...Yes I know people call it 'the feeder' but it is a canal.

Canals don't have to have boats on them. It was built by Bute to move water from the Taff to the docks to manage the water levels in the basins. It used to move about 50million gallons a day.