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Office nameplate

Charles Hill took over the Hillhouse shipping and ship-building company in 1845. His company started the The Bristol City Line of Steamships Ltd in 1879, running steamships from Bristol to New York in competition with the Great Western Steamship Line, although the City Line carried cargo rather than passengers. This brass nameplate from about 1900 was on the door of the registered offices in Gloucester Road, Avonmouth, until 1961.

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Summary

: J4965

: Industrial and Maritime History

: nameplate

: The Bristol City Line of Steamships Ltd. Charles Hill & Sons. Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons. Ald Shipping Co. Ltd. A.L. Duggan & Co.

: Brass office nameplate in two parts for the Bristol City Line of Steamships, Charles Hill & Sons, Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons, Ald Shipping Co Ltd and A.L. Duggan & Co

Office nameplate

Current Location

On Display at M Shed, Bristol People Gallery

: Bristol City Line of Steamships

: Charles Hill & Sons Ltd.

: Ald Shipping Co Ltd

: Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) / England, Northern Europe, Europe

: Gloucester Road

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