EAW002061 ENGLAND (1946). Avonmouth Docks, Avonmouth, 1946. This image has been produced from a print.
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Title | [EAW002061] Avonmouth Docks, Avonmouth, 1946. This image has been produced from a print. |
Reference | EAW002061 |
Date | 31-July-1946 |
Link | |
Place name | AVONMOUTH |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 351015, 178421 |
Longitude / Latitude | -2.7058106197657, 51.502116381329 |
National Grid Reference | ST510784 |
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WW2 Camouflage Scheme Oil Storage |
Sparky |
Wednesday 13th of September 2017 06:54:27 PM |
Some barges shipped 'foreign' grain from Avonmouth upstream to places such as Tewkesbury via the Severn estuary and the Sharpness Canal |
MB |
Saturday 13th of August 2016 11:13:51 AM |
High-level bridge linking granary and mill |
MB |
Saturday 13th of August 2016 11:11:52 AM |
Grain-handling unit with booms for discharging 'foreign' grain from vessels arriving from overseas. Appears to be rail mounted |
MB |
Saturday 13th of August 2016 11:10:50 AM |
Not sure about this vessel - is it one of the port's steam-powered grain suckers? For discharging grain from steamships to lighters etc |
MB |
Saturday 13th of August 2016 11:08:20 AM |
This - the original entrance lock - now disused and filled in |
MB |
Saturday 13th of August 2016 11:05:30 AM |
The Co-operative Wholesale Society's flour mill complex at Avonmouth with buildings dating from 1908 |
MB |
Thursday 21st of July 2016 10:29:34 AM |
Spillers Flour Mills, dating from 1935. Structural design by Oscar Faber. Spillers began milling with a steam-powered mill in Bridgwater, about a hundred years before this mill was built. |
MB |
Thursday 21st of July 2016 10:28:05 AM |
More details for this flour mill complex here: http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1175 |
MB |
Thursday 21st of July 2016 10:53:29 AM |