At the Port of Bristol. Volume 1. Members and problems, 1848-1899
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- Author(s) Neale, W G
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1968
- Pages 219pp; illus
- Publisher Port of Bristol Authority
- Place Published Bristol
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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The writer was retired Secretary of the Port of Bristol Authority, 1943-65. Largely comprises biographies of '[108] members of the Bristol Docks Committee, 1848-99' [pp33-205]; they were drawn from the Bristol Corporation, Society of Merchant Venturers, and Bristol's business community. Has an introductory chapter [pp1-32] covering the history of the docks, most notably under the management of the Bristol Docks Committee, founded in 1848 to acquire the docks from the Bristol Dock Co