Bristol, The Entrance To The Floating Harbour c.1935
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The entrance lock to the Floating Harbour. In 1801-02 engineer William Jessop came up with his own designs for a tide-free city dock area that would enclose the Avon from Rownham ot St Philip's. The river itself would be diverted by means of a New Cut from Totterdown to the entrance of the Floating Harbour. The project was completed by 1809, at a cost of about £600,000, with French prisoners of war being used for much of the manual labour.
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