LPG Boiler in Newport

Newport

Newport is a city and unitary authority area in south east Wales, on the River Usk near its confluence with the Severn Tidewater, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third biggest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city forms part of the Cardiff-Newport city, with a population of 1,097. Newport has been a port given that medieval times, when the very first Newport Castle was built by the Normans. The community outgrew the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, quickly upstream, and got its very first charter in 1314. It grew considerably in the 19th century, when its port became the emphasis of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Till the surge of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last massive armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Increasing of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which caused the re-branding of the Duffryn High School right into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the anchors decreased in importance, yet Newport continued to be an important manufacturing as well as engineering centre. It was given city standing in 2002. Newport organized the Ryder Cup in 2010 and also was the location for the 2014 NATO summit.