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Mounts Bay

Low tide

PRINTED POSTCARD
Some of the ships have been adapted for remote control & fitted withHelipads

DUPLICATE OF BUILD 6.009
A rare 1882 photo of the fog bell being hosted onto Douglas Tower. In the background is Smeaton's Tower, which was later dismantled and the top part re-erected on Plymouth Hoe.

Same group of people PEOP 6.001 and FARM 4.002

PLEASE NOTE: This is a copy of the older print SHIP 8.012

Homeward bound from Australia

Identified in SHIP 8.057 as the MOLTKE built at Bremen in 1870 and rebuilt in 1889
Left London for Australia and was wrecked off the Queensland coast in 1889.
Picture taken soon after installation of Ross Bridge

Weighbridge Office on the left

Penzance floating dock pictures in March 1891, after the collapse of the newly-installed gates during the great blizzard of that year. The harbour was built in 1884. St Mary's Church can be seen in the background.

Ship awaiting repairs in Dry Dock

Repairs to the north wall of Penzance floating dock.

Leaving the dock after having delivered a huge transformer destined for Indian Queens