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PEOP 8.029.tif
Penzance Diesel Depot. Mr Arthur Eplett, British Rail's Area Manager for Cornwall, hands a spade to Mr Donald Trewern, then Chairman of Penwith District Council, for the ceremonial cutting of the first turf of the £2.5 million high speed train…

PEOP 8.030.tif
Penzance Diesel Depot. Mr Arthur Eplett, British Rail's Area Manager for Cornwall, Mr Donald Trewern, then Chairman of Penwith District Council and others at the ceremonial cutting of the first turf of the £2.5 million high speed train maintenance…

PEOP 8.031.tif
Mr Donald Trewern, Chairman of Penwith District Council, the local authority responsible for the Penzance Area, cutting the first turf on the site of the new Diesel Maintenance Depot at Penzance. Looking on are Mr Arthur Eplett, British Rail's Area…

TRANS 9.005.tif
Penzance Viaduct the lowest built by Brunel being 15ft above High Water. Suffered storm damage many times & was replaced by Granite Embankment in 1920s

TRANS 8.169.tif
Built by Sharp Stewart & Co acquired by South Devon Railway in 1872 transferred to GWR 1876 withdrawn 1889

TRANS 4.098A.tif
TRANS 4.098B & TRANS 4.098C duplicates of this photo

TRANS 9.013.tif
Centenary Locomotive Class withdrawn 1938

TRANS 9.029.tif
Water Tower Signal Box & Engine Shed

BRIDG 8.001.tif
Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash. Raising the second span section in position in 1858. The section was raised at about 3 feet at a time and the masonry was built up to take the weight of each section which was estimated to be approximately 1,000 tons.
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