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John Passmore Edwards Miners & Mechanics Institute, built 1893

Collins print

Build 1894 as Inttitute then Parish Council followed as Village Hall

The John Passmore Edwards Library in Camborne, with a statue of Richard Trevithick, inventor of the steam locomotive, in front.

John Passmore Edwards Free Library and Technical School, in Truro, with cyclist and sign for St Mary's Methodist Church.

Newlyn Art Gallery, built in 1895 and dedicated to the artist John Opie.

crew landed using breeches

Wrecked near Top Pend Coastguard station. Bound from Cardiff to Devonport with 2200 tons of coal she grounded in fog. Seen in attendance H.M destroyer Liffey which was hove to awaiting clearance in Mount's Bay, also Sennen lifeboat and a local…

SS Western Front of Seattle, 5695 tons, built 1917, carrying naptha, turpentine and resin on fire off the Scillies. 40 crew rescued and brought ashore at St Marys by lifeboat Elsie.

The crew of Wendur (a barque) which struck Seven Stones. The Glasgow sailing vessel struck the southern most rock of the Seven Stones Reef while carrying grain from Plymouth, Devon. Three of the 21 crew lost their lives. The formal inquiry, held in…

72ft diam x 6ft wide Waterwheel used to pump out Laxey Iron Mine Isle of Man

Mynomie R Kirby sank off Scilly 28th November 1933

adressed on reverse to: Miss H Loading, Station House Rudgeuile (?) Nr Holsworthy

Nancledra water wheel and stamps. Built by Sara's Foundries (Wadebridge, Cornwall) around 1860. One of few such sets, these have since been removed for preservation. They were last worked by Mr Berriman who owned the property in the early 1950s.