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    Bristol Harbour is the harbour in the city of Bristol, England. The harbour covers an area of 70 acres (28 hectares). It is the former natural tidal river...
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    The Bristol Harbour Railway (known originally as the Harbour Railway) was a standard-gauge industrial railway that served the wharves and docks of Bristol...
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    The Bristol Industrial Museum was a museum in Bristol, England, located on Prince's Wharf beside the Floating Harbour and which closed in 2006. On display...
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    from Africa to slavery in the Americas. The Port of Bristol has since moved from Bristol Harbour in the city centre to the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth...
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    was also used by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, the Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol and South Wales Union...
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    Retrieved 3 May 2021. "Harbour Authority". The Bristol Port Company. Retrieved 29 December 2021. "Bristol Harbour". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 29...
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    The Bristol Harbour Festival is a free festival held annually in the English city of Bristol, which celebrates the city's maritime heritage and the importance...
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    Bristol Bridge is a bridge over the floating harbour in Bristol, England. The floating harbour was constructed on the original course of the River Avon...
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    Bristol Ferry Boats is a brand of water bus services operating around Bristol Harbour in the centre of the English city of Bristol, using a fleet of distinctive...
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    The Bristol Feeder Canal is a body of water in Bristol, England, that connects the Floating Harbour with the River Avon. It stretches from Netham Lock...
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    Estuary and Bristol Channel. This part of the port was known as the Bristol City Docks, and is now more usually known as Bristol Harbour. The Avon and...
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    Bristol Harbour, now known as the Floating Harbour. In addition to removing the tides, the new cut also helped with reducing silting in the harbour....
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    city and harbour area of the English port city of Bristol, adjoining the city centre. It comprises the strip of land between the Floating Harbour to the...
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    is an inner city area of Bristol, England. Canon's Marsh occupies low-lying land on the north side of the Floating Harbour, immediately to the west of...
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    Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Due to the presence of Bristol Harbour and the Bristol Aeroplane Company, the city was a target for bombing and was easily...
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  • this type of accumulator may be found at the hydraulic engine house, Bristol Harbour. The original 1887 accumulator is in place in its tower, an external...
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  • from Bristol from its first royal charter. For centuries it had almost been synonymous with the government of Bristol, especially Bristol Harbour. In recent...
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  • The Outlaws (2021 TV series) (category Television shows set in Bristol)
    production crew and cast were seen filming in the Bristol Harbour area, and in Clifton, Bristol, as well as the seafront at Weston-super-Mare for filming...
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  • damage in relation to the removal and dumping in the harbour of the controversial statue in Bristol in 2020 during a protest. The four defendants were acquitted...
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    floating harbour in the centre of the city of Bristol, England. The wharf and street extend some 450 metres (1,480 ft) along the west side of the harbour between...
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    improved access to the ports at Avonmouth Docks, which had replaced Bristol Harbour as the major local centre for commercial shipping. Upon opening on...
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  • canal leading to Bristol Harbour. The solid geology of Barton Hill is Triassic Redcliffe Sandstone. Barton was a manor just outside Bristol mentioned in the...
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    linking the floating harbour to the expanding docks at Avonmouth. As the location of aircraft manufacture and a major port, Bristol was a target of bombing...
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  • service by Bristol Electric Railbus Ltd (BER). This service operated a Parry People Movers railcar along the first half-mile of the Bristol Harbour Railway...
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    Edward Colston (category Businesspeople from Bristol)
    pushed into Bristol Harbour during protests in support of Black Lives Matter. The city's concert venue, Colston Hall, was renamed Bristol Beacon along...
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    When Brunel rebuilt the entrance locks of the Cumberland Basin in Bristol Harbour, between 1848 and 1849, he also constructed a number of swinging bridges –...
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    months recuperating, during which time he began a design for a bridge in Bristol, which would later be completed as the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The event...
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    the creation of the At-Bristol science centre (later rebranded as We the Curious). The channelled River Avon (the Floating Harbour) flows through the city...
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    revised to 2028.[citation needed] In the 17th and 18th centuries, Bristol harbour had been paramount as the focus of international trade with the New...
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    Statue of Edward Colston (category Grade II listed buildings in Bristol)
    On 7 June 2020, the statue was toppled, defaced, and pushed into Bristol Harbour during the George Floyd protests related to the Black Lives Matter...
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