Demolition in progress by Bristol’s River Avon Floating Harbour adjacent to the Cheese Lane Shot Tower a grade II listed shot tower. It was built in 1969 to manufacture lead shot, a replacement for the demolished 18th-century shot tower in Redcliffe which was the first in the world. It’s now defunct as a factory, incorporatedContinue reading “Defunct”
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Worshippers
Checking off the golden unicorn from the list, Bristol Harbourside. Part of a multi-site installation marking Bristol 650, a year-long celebration of all things Bristol six and a half centuries after it was given the status of a city and county by the Crown. A pair of unicorns feature as ‘supporters’ of the city’s coatContinue reading “Worshippers”
Terraced
Colourful façades by Bristol’s floating harbour, Howells
Replica
Replica of the Matthew, the ship John Cabot (Giovanni Cabotto) sailed in 1497 to (re)discover North America, Bristol Harbourside
Inlet
Bristol Harbourside, Harbour Inlet, with a mix of refurbished historic buildings and modern development…
Steamy
Bristol Harbour Railway under steam
Swanning
Replica of the Matthew, the ship in which the Genoese explorer Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot set foot in Newfoundland in 1497, running trips in Bristol’s Floating Harbour. Behind are the masts of the SS Great Britain, the restored transatlantic steamship; in the foreground (fore-water?) a pair of swans for scale
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