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Encyclopedia > Bristol Industrial Museum



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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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