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Building demolished & Telephone Exchange built 1960 now (2016) The Exchange Gallery.

Five men digging in very deep hole

Repairs to the north wall of Penzance floating dock.

Penzance Harbour north pier repairs. A photo showing the preliminary work toward the £37,000 harbour facelift.

Is there a vet in the house? Running repairs to the 'Obby 'Oss at Padstow in 1982.

This photo shows a repeater bypassing the cable laying out gear prior to being laid from CS Mercury.

Funeral of shipwrecked crew of Spanish coaster wrecked of Boscawen Point. The coffins are in Penzance cemetary

Photograph showing both sides of silver circular plate showing the course taken by Francis Drake in 1577 - 1580.
Each side shows a different hemisphere of the world and hid voyage is shown by a dotted line.
Original is in the British Museum.
Slide…

Appears with 'Star of the Ocean'

Reservoir Causewayhead.

Two views of the cottages by the Penzance Resevoir at the top of Causwayhead.

Drift reservoir surface nearly frozen over. Print from negative damaged and destroyed

Resin casting of Wesley, originally cast at Harvey's Foundry, Hayle, in the Mid 19th Century.

Overview

25000 Tons
800 Passengers 350 Crew

Logan Rock being restored to position after being toppled by Lt. Goldsmith Royal Navy. It took upwards of 50 people and Machinery to reinstate.

Overview. A Norman Castle built after the Conquest, it was a Parliamentary stronghold for a short period during the English Civil War

Restormel Castle .

Date of construction unknown Edmund Earl of Cornwall resided prior to 1300