Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society (BIAS)

BIAS histories

BIAS histories published to date are:

• BIAS histories No 1 - The Avon Navigation by Dr Brenda Buchanan
  This article was originally published in Bath History in 1996. Dr Buchanan recounts the efforts of the Corporation of Bath to prepare plans to improve the navigability of the River Avon between Bath and Bristol culminating in an Act of Parliament in 1712. By 1724 these powers were transferred to a group of local entrepreneurs who set about the task of making the river suitable for traffic from Pulteney Weir to Bristol. The author fully describes the various works that were undertaken to achieve this aim.
• BIAS histories No 2 - The Bristol City Docks and The Underfall Yard by Tom Fisher, David Jones and Roy Day.
  Comprising the re-printing of two early articles from the BIAS Journal, the first article describes the Tangyes twin-cylinder steam engine of 1885 that provided the power in the Port of Bristol Authority’s workshops at The Underfall Yard. The second article also provides descriptions of the machinery in the workshops and well as the working of The Underfall Yard.

How to buy

Stewart Burroughs, Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath BA1 2RH. 01225 318348
or
BIAS histories, c/o 6 Norewood Grove, Portishead, Bristol BS20 8DL