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Aerial view of Port of Bristol. The Port of Bristol comprises the commercial, and former commercial, docks situated in and near the city of Bristol in England. The Port of Bristol Authority was the commercial title of the Bristol City, Avonmouth, Portishead and Royal Portbury Docks when they were operated by Bristol City Council, which ceased trade when the Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Docks ...
The Bristol Port Railway and Pier Company (BPRP) was founded in 1862 with the intent to build a single-track 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railway the 5.75 miles (9.25 km) from Avonmouth to the city centre, alongside the Avon.
As the location of aircraft manufacture and a major port, Bristol was a target of bombing during the Bristol Blitz of World War II. Bristol's city centre also suffered severe damage, especially in November and December 1940, when the Broadmead area was flattened, and Hitler claimed to have destroyed the city. [112]
Due to numerous geographic and tidal restrictions along the River Avon, the Avonmouth Docks Co. was formed to build the new docks at Avonmouth. The new docks, now called Avonmouth Old Dock, were opened in February 1877, the hope being that this would usher in a new era for the port of Bristol. [5]
The station was opened on 6 March 1865 when services began on the Bristol Port Railway and Pier (BPRP), a self-contained railway owned by the Bristol Corporation.The line ran along the north bank of the River Avon in Bristol, England, to a deep water pier on the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth.
Bristol, a port city in the South West of England, on the banks of the River Avon, has been an important location for maritime trade for centuries. [ 1 ] In the time of Anglo-Saxon England , Bristol was the principal port for the export of English slaves to Ireland .
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The Port of Bristol Police started as The Bristol Docks Company in 1803. [2] The Bristol Docks Act 1803 created the company and provided for the improvement of the Port and Harbour of Bristol . A force of 51 men was duly appointed as constables under this act and were stationed in a police office building at Wapping Wharf, adjacent to the ...