Title

SS 'Great Britain', Bristol, 2001

Caption

SS 'Great Britain', Bristol, 2001. Built in 1843 to designs by Brunel, the Great Britain was used as a passenger ship to New York. After running aground and the ship was salvaged and used as a cargo vessel on trips to Australia until damaged in a storm off Cape Horn in the 1880s. In 1970 it was brought back for restoration to the very dock in Bristol where it was originally floated.

Date

2001

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19A82_343

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (2,5Mb) / 13,9in x 14,1in / 4166 x 4221 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river water building buildings England engineering country ship ships British geography English color colour waterfront wharf docks dock location Victorian century Britain dry dock riverbank Bristol Great Britain aerial view steamship bird's eye view 19th century aerial photography water transport restored nineteenth century English Heritage geographical feature TGN photograph Isambard Kingdom Brunel Brunel Isambard Kingdom EH RCHME staff photographer Isambard Kingdom Brunel photograph