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Bristol was a large sidewheel steamer launched in 1866 by William H. Webb of New York for the Merchants Steamship Company. One of Narragansett Bay's so-called "floating palaces", the luxuriously outfitted Bristol and her sister ship Providence, each of which could carry up to 1,200 passengers, were installed with the largest engines then built in the United States, and were considered to be amongst the finest American-built vessels of their era.
Both ships would spend their entire careers steaming between New York and various destinations in and around Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Bristol was eventually destroyed by a fire while in port in 1888.
Bristol and Providence owed their existence to a short-lived company known as the Merchants Steamship Company, which placed the initial order for the vessels with the Webb shipyard in about 1865. Merchants Steamship was an amalgamation of three existing Narragansett Bay shipping lines, the Commercial Line, Neptune Line and Stonington Line. The Company intended to run the two steamers between New York and Bristol, Rhode Island in competition with the Fall River Line, which ran a similar service from New York to Fall River, Massachusetts (both Lines then linking up to railway lines that continued on to Boston).
Bristol is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,835. It is the twin city of Bristol, Tennessee, just across the state line, which runs down the middle of its main street, State Street. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Bristol, Virginia, with neighboring Washington County, Virginia, for statistical purposes. Bristol is a principal city of the Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.
Originally named "Goodson", it was renamed "Bristol" (after Bristol, England) in 1890.
The Grove, Solar Hill Historic District, and Walnut Grove are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Bristol is located in southwestern Virginia at 36°36′N 82°11′W / 36.600°N 82.183°W / 36.600; -82.183 (36.6111, -82.1762). It is bordered to the west, north, and east by Washington County, Virginia, and to the south by the city of Bristol in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Center City Philadelphia, opposite Burlington, New Jersey on the Delaware River. Bristol was first incorporated in 1720. Although its charter was revised in 1905, the original charter remains in effect, making Bristol one of the older boroughs in Pennsylvania. 7,104 people lived in Bristol in 1900; 9,256 in 1910; 10,273 in 1920; and 11,895 in 1940. The population was 9,726 at the 2010 census. The current Mayor is Patrick Sabatini Sr. The first female Mayor was Margaret Stakenas, elected in 1979.
Bristol was first settled in 1681 as Buckingham (for Buckingham, England). It was originally used as a port and dock. Bristol is rich in history, boasting many historic and restored houses that line the streets of Radcliffe and Mill.
Until 1725 Bristol served as county seat of Bucks County.
From its earliest days Bristol was a center of milling. With the building of the Delaware Canal and the Pennsylvania Railroad it became a center of transportation and an attractive location for industry.
What’s the newly restored Royal Junior Suite like in the Royal Wing of the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel on College Green in Bristol. This historic hotel is the oldest hotel in Bristol, it first opened as a hotel in the Victorian era over 150 years ago. We were invited to try a night in one of the newly restored rooms. We have stayed in this hotel a number of times as it is really close to the Bristol Hippodrome, the harbour and a 10-minute walk into the shopping centre. The hotel does a leisure club with a pool and a spa. We didn’t get a chance to eat dinner at the restaurant which is now a Miller & Carter steakhouse but we did manage to get a fried breakfast with a hash brown or two. If you haven’t visited Bristol it is definitely worth a visit. #hotelreview #Marriott ‘Bristol MAR...
A constellation of hotels on the foothill in the romantic West end, surrounded by the English park, provides its guests unique luxurious accommodation with a charming view of the town. Apart from that it offers modern comfortable equipment and its own balneology operations, with the remarkable advantage of underground corridors connecting individual buildings...
Hundreds of servicemen and women marched from College Green through the city centre in Bristol on Saturday afternoon. The parade was to mark warship HMS Prince of Wales being granted Freedom of the City. #Bristol #Bristol247 #royalnavy
There has been another fatal stabbing in Bristol on the day organisations across the city published an open letter demanding an end to the scourge of knife crime. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Detectives say they believe the 30-year-old man was stabbed in an altercation in the St Pauls area of the city. A 43-year-old man has been arrested. It follows the fatal stabbings of three teenagers in Bristol in just the last two months. ----------------------- Follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/
Marriott Royal Hotel Bristol UK Room 1267. Avoid staying here on weekend as lots of functions and very noisy
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children's patient led welcome video for Starlight Ward.
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children's patient led welcome video for Dolphin Ward.
I had to remove Swintard so sorry for the jumpy edits and audio going silent when it spoke. This was a childrens hopsital and innevitably this had a morgue and we found it underground which seemed a little bit creepy. We came back in a future video with a Ghost crew and the results were shocking and I had a playful ghost pull my trousers down. See the ghost video here: https://youtu.be/xAq-U4I2vrM My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattswilli/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1228424283971624/ email me at me@thematthewwilliams.com Equipment used: DJI Mavic Zoom DRONE Sony A7s ii with Samyang 14mm full frame lens Dji Pocket 2 camera Insta 360x R Adobe Premiere Pro 2020 Ryzen 5950X 65GB Ram Windows 10 (No Apple shiz here) Nvidia RTX 3950 GFX #Abandonedplaces #...
Bristol was a large sidewheel steamer launched in 1866 by William H. Webb of New York for the Merchants Steamship Company. One of Narragansett Bay's so-called "floating palaces", the luxuriously outfitted Bristol and her sister ship Providence, each of which could carry up to 1,200 passengers, were installed with the largest engines then built in the United States, and were considered to be amongst the finest American-built vessels of their era.
Both ships would spend their entire careers steaming between New York and various destinations in and around Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Bristol was eventually destroyed by a fire while in port in 1888.
Bristol and Providence owed their existence to a short-lived company known as the Merchants Steamship Company, which placed the initial order for the vessels with the Webb shipyard in about 1865. Merchants Steamship was an amalgamation of three existing Narragansett Bay shipping lines, the Commercial Line, Neptune Line and Stonington Line. The Company intended to run the two steamers between New York and Bristol, Rhode Island in competition with the Fall River Line, which ran a similar service from New York to Fall River, Massachusetts (both Lines then linking up to railway lines that continued on to Boston).