The first dock at Avonmouth, Avonmouth Old Dock, was opened in 1877. It was acquired by the Bristol Corporation in 1884. In 1908, a much larger dock, the Royal Edward Dock, was opened.
MONTCALM 1917, 6608grt x Northumberland Shipbuilding, Howden on Tyne (238) for Canadian Pacific Railway Company,1920 renamed BOLINGBROKE,Laid up at Falmouth 1929-1933,Broken up at Troon, arrived 15/2/1934.
Rick Cox collection,postcards by Garrat,Bristol.
MONTCALM 1917, 6608grt x Northumberland Shipbuilding, Howden on Tyne (238) for Canadian Pacific Railway Company,1920 renamed BOLINGBROKE,Laid up at Falmouth 1929-1933,Broken up at Troon, arrived 15/2/1934.
Rick Cox collection,postcards by Garrat,Bristol.