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Small craft in Penzance floating dock, with Holman's Dry Dock in the background.

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

Newlyn's heave up slip under construction.

Penzance floating dock. A general view with the gates open. The cabin cruisers are typical of the summer traffic using the harbour facilities. Commercial traffic is now mostly confined to coal and ships under repair by Holman's ship repair yards.

With part of Newlyn's vast trawler fleet in the background, one of Messrs Barriball's machines starts work on Newlyn harbour expansion programme at Mary Williams pier (which officially opened in 1980).

SLIGHTLY BLURRED PHOTO

The eastern end of Penzance harbour showing (centre) the Ross Bridge with the inner basin and Holman's repair yard in the foreground. Part of the harbour was reclaimed for car parking about 1960. This is a winter photograph - both the car park and…

Harbour with Mousehole in the background, showing boats at low tide. (150 PZ)

Photo of a steel engraving of Penzance and Newlyn. The steeple is the Chapel of Our Lady, later replaced by St Mary's Church.

Contact sheet

Fishing boat PZ 297 with Newlyn in the background.

Smiths Dock Trust Co, T Hobson & Co, Mitchell Bros, The Lowestoft Fish Selling Co and Great Western Railway, in Newlyn

Bolitho Gardens (Roman Gardens) in Wherrytown.

AUDACITY is birthed and the lightship is brought in from the floating basin.