Well, the son took over day to day overseeing in the 1820s. He was almost killed in a tunnel flooding in 1828, I think, and then sent to recover at Clifton, where he witnessed the building of the Clifton suspension bridge. The article didn’t make clear why that was significant, but you’ve cleared it up for me. And I’ve cleared something up for you.
FASCINATING story. I love that era.
I worked in Bristol for just under 6 months a few years back. Love the area. Fascinating how the sailing ships rode the tide up the river - Avon? - making Bristol a seaport.