St Augustine's Reach and Pero's Bridge, during the 2004 Harbour Festival.

The Port of Bristol comprises the commercial, and former commercial, docks situated in and near the city of Bristol in England. St Augustines Reach,Bristol Harbour during the festival, by user:Steinsky, Aug 2004. ... St Augustines Reach,Bristol Harbour during the festival, by user:Steinsky, Aug 2004. ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the two administrative centres of South West England (the other being Plymouth). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...

History

For more information on the history of the different dock complexes, see the articles on Bristol Harbour, Avonmouth Docks and the Royal Portbury Dock respectively. St Augustines Reach and Peros Bridge, during the 2004 Harbour Festival. ...

The Port of Bristol grew up on the banks of the Rivers Avon and Frome, at their confluence upstream of the Avon Gorge which connects the city with the Bristol Channel. This part of the port is known as Bristol Harbour, and in the 1800s was enclosed by locks, together with a diversion of the River Avon, resulting in its alternative name of the Floating Harbour. The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. ... The River Frome is a river in the south west of England. ... The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge, looking south from the Downs The Avon Gorge is a 2. ... The location of the Bristol Channel The Severn Bridge and Bristol Channel, looking northwestward from England towards Wales The Bristol Channel coast at Ilfracombe, North Devon, looking west towards Lee Bay The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from South West... St Augustines Reach and Peros Bridge, during the 2004 Harbour Festival. ... Events and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). ... Canal locks in England. ...

The navigation of the Avon Gorge always presented a challenge, and became more and more difficult as ships got larger. In 1908 the Royal Edward Dock, the first of the Avonmouth Docks, was built to the north of the mouth of the River Avon and with direct access to the Bristol Channel. 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Royal Portbury Dock

In 1972 the large deepwater Royal Portbury Dock, across the river mouth from the Royal Edward Dock was constructed, again with direct access to the Bristol Channel. Royal Portbury Dock has the largest entrance lock into any UK port accommodating vessels up to 41m (134ft) beam, 290m (951ft) length and 14.5m (47ft) draft. Image File history File links w:Royal Portbury Dock, w:North Somerset. ... Image File history File links w:Royal Portbury Dock, w:North Somerset. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 m and 100 m. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 100 m and 1 km. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 m and 100 m. ...

These developments rendered the old Floating Harbour redundant as a commercial dock, and it has since been redeveloped as the centrepiece of many leisure, resedential and retail developments in and around Bristol City Centre. A sand company was the last to use the docks commercially in 1981. St Augustines Reach from St Augustines Parade during the 2004 Harbour festival The central area of the city of Bristol, South West England, is the area south of the central ring road and north of the Floating Harbour, bordered north by St Pauls and Easton, east by Temple... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1991 the Bristol Port Company, a private company, purchased a 150 year lease of the Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Docks from Bristol City Council. Since then over £330m has been invested in the docks and the annual tonnage throughput has increased from 4m tonnes to 12m tonnes. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Bristol Port Company website

Sources

Web page http://www.bristolport.co.uk/index.html and descendents, retrieved on the 29th March 2005 at 15:08 BST.