BIAS Photos
Please send favourite photos to Maggie.Shapland@bristol.ac.ukCommander Tambling docks photos
March 2010 (updated 29 June 2010): Peter Tambling, Cdr RD* & Master Mariner, Retired Port Manager & Harbour Master Weymouth.Steam pilot boats and dredgers, and the Passat 1948 onwards.
Bristol Sand & Gravel are rarely mentioned in historical records as they were the pioneers of Sand Dredging 1912 as start of their operations under Mr. Fred. Peters ownership. At the 1996 festival of the sea in Bristol when he was in command of Waverley, he flew the BS&G House Flag on Waverley's anchor halyard.
Peter's Photo Gallery
New Cut
July 09:Pictures of a trip down the "new Cut" as part of Harbour 200 celebrationsCumberland basin lock gates
The repair and replacement project at the docks consists of three phases, costing about £11m.28 March 10:
New flood defence gates weighing 50 tonnes each are due to be installed at Bristol's historic docks in the next few days. The steel back-up lock gates, known as leaves, travelled 1,000 miles from the Deest shipyard in the Netherlands. They arrived in Cumberland Basin this evening. The gates will replace 140-year-old Victorian wooden lock gates at Junction Lock. They were specially built by Dutch shipyard and construction company Ravestein. They will be taken into Junction Lock by pontoon barge before being lifted into place by a 500-tonne crane. Work is expected to finish on Wednesday.
Being towed by New Ross |
New Ross |
Bristol City Council vessel Dourdreck nudging the gates |
Passing the Brunel Swivel bridge and the open Cumberland Basin bridge |
Couple having a picnic on an anchor
Bristol steam crane lifting sherman tank
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Stothert and Pitt crane
Martin Bodman Docks photos
Bristol Docks pictures 1968.Martin's Photo Gallery
Clive Moore Docks photos
These show the city docks while still working and were taken by him or his father over a long period of time. Such as pictures of the 'Harry Brown' sand dredger on its first trip out to sea, pictures of the city docks with shipping, avonmouth docks, and various shots of industry around bristol. Many of his stories revolve around the brewery and the pubs of bristol, his father and his family were all publicans etc. so trips to the brewery were not uncommon. He can even remember the Georges greys.Clive's Photo Gallery