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This bronze commemorative plaque records: S.S. "Great Western" (Designed by I. K. Brunel) The first steamship built for & engaged in regular transatlantic trade was launched near this spot on the 19th of July 1837. Length 236 feet, beem 35 feet. First voyage Bristol to New York 8th to 23rd April 1838.
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