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Penzance sheds (Long Rock depot) from the A30 trunk road which runs nearby (London to Land's End). Photo by Trevor Tremethick.

Long Rock railway depot signal box

Spare Sections of Rail beside Track

Longships Lighthouse. Taken in 1975, showing the recently-built helicopter pad over the lantern-room. The tower (110 feet high) was built in 1970 at a cost of £43,000.

Longships Lighthouse before the addition of the helicopter pad.

Lowestoft boats moored at Newlyn in the 1930s. Steam drifters, they could be seen from Cornwall's southern cliffs as a long string of sparkling lights on the horizon when they fished the pilchard harvest from late August into October.

Man in hat resting or sleeping leaning against ox cart with two oxen and several chickens.

Built by Fairfields, Glasgow in 1893 destroyed by fire at Liverpool in 1909.
First ship to carry refrigerating machinery.
Angove's description of, 'charred timber and scorched plaster' does not appear to apply to the photo(?).

Typical style in granite areas of Cornwall
Grid reference (of the church), SW 5052 3303
For further information, see Historic Environment Record, https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO6370&resourceID=1020

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Signs in Window for Furniss' Biscuits & one headed 'Emigrant(e)' of interest to out of work Miners.
Photo has been retouched.

Tug in attendance

A mackerel driver (PZ 2575) of Mousehole.