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Avonmouth Dock, Avonmouth, 1927
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Title Avonmouth Dock, Avonmouth, 1927
Image reference EPW019270
Date 1st September 1927
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Place name Avonmouth
Administrative area City Of Bristol
Country England
Easting/Northing 351568, 177784

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  • Judging by the number of waiting vans (more than 180 all told) the handling of bananas was a big operation but perhaps with unpredictable demands on wagons. All the waiting vans are an indication of the lack of efficiency in vehicle use - vehicles standing in the yard are not earning revenue.

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    Maurice
    Wednesday 19th September
    11:14am
  • Banana vans circulating through the transhipment shed for loading/having been loaded.

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    Maurice
    Wednesday 19th September
    11:04am
  • Banana Boat

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    Maurice
    Wednesday 19th September
    10:59am
  • Many of these wagons carry the GWR White circle indication found on banana vans. This would suggest that the white ship standing beside the large transhipment shed is a ‘banana boat’. There are several lines of banana vans on the surrounding tracks. Unlike today when imported bananas arrive chilled, in 1927 they would arrive green and have been put in steam-heated wagons to help ripen them ready for the markets in Birmingham and the north. Most of the bananas for the south came in through Southampton.
    For a rather poor illustration of a GWR banana van in its preserved state, complete with its white spot, go to www.flickr.com/photos/svr_enthusiast/7740976996/

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    Wednesday 19th September
    10:58am
  • River Avon

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:27am
  • Swash Channel

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:27am
  • East Pier

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:25am
  • Pier Station

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:24am
  • Board of Trade office

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:23am
  • Swing bridge

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:22am
  • Possibly a dredger with crane

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:20am
  • Tug

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:19am
  • Possible granaries and associated flour mill

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:17am
  • Royal Edward Dock

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:14am
  • South Pier

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:13am
  • Graving dock

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:13am
  • Entrance lock

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:12am
  • Junction Cut

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:07am
  • Entrance lock, since disused

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:05am
  • Granaries

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:03am
  • Granary in 1916 [Ordnance Survey map]

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    Tuesday 18th September
    9:02am
  • Hydraulics accumulator tower, presumably; very similar to the one preserved at Briton Ferry

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    Tuesday 18th September
    8:58am
  • Cook Street

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    Monday 6th August
    3:28pm
  • Collins Street

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    Monday 6th August
    3:25pm
  • Portview Road

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    Monday 6th August
    3:23pm
  • Avonmouth Railway Station GWR

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    Monday 6th August
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