Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
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- Author(s) Hill, John C G
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1952
- Pages 110pp; illus
- Publisher Journal of Commerce & Shipping Telegraph
- Place Published Liverpool
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Narrative account. Written by a senior manager of the firm. Chapters include: 'The 18th century'; 'First half of the 19th century'; 'Clipper ship era'; 'Birth of the Bristol City Line'; 'Beginning of the 20th century'; 'Shipshape and Bristol fashion'. Has ten appendices [pp91-110] largely listing ships built or owned by the firm from the late 18th century to present. Includes a family tree of Hilhouse and Hill families descending from James Hilhouse, d1754. Touches on the Bristol shipbuilder, William Patterson