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Picturing the Docks: Responses (1957 words) |
 | Their conversion for use as Bristol Industrial Museum was achieved without major change to the external fabric. |
| Bristol was born of its position at the confluence of two rivers, with an inland tidal harbour protected from the open sea, an excellent trading position. |
| Bristol's power as a major centre for shipping, manufacture and mercantile activity effectively ended in the fifty years after this photograph was taken. |
| Bristol Industrial Museum on AboutBritain.com (648 words) |
| Bristol traders could maximise their profits if their ships carried full cargoes at each leg of the 'triangular trade'. |
| Today, many of Bristol's buildings and some educational and economic institutions are a tangible legacy of the wealth created by the trade in slaves and slave-produced commodities. |
| Bristol's aerospace industry is represented by a superb collection of aero engines and a real helicopter. |
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