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Coast Guard Outside Watch House
Coast Guard Outside Watch House
Coarse Arsenic Powder being Shovelled into Mill at South Crofty,
In the 19th century, large quantities of arsenic were refined and exported to the Americas for use against the boll weevil which was then threatening to destroy American cotton crops. After heat treatment, the arsenic was ground in a mill similar…
Coaling stage Penzance
no dilapidation
coaches leaving Penzance
Chyandour
Coach party of men standing outside the First and Last public house
The First and Last was a pub in Alverton, Penzance, but closed down in 2018.
Clovelly
The image shows the main thoroughfare down to the harbour in Clovelly.The dark image shows a donkey in the foreground pulling articles in a side pannier. Further up a donkey awaits. This along with toboggans was how the houses and harbour were…
Closing down of Woolworths Store, Market Jew Street, Penzance.
Closing down of Woolworths Store Market Jew Street Penzance don Dawn Walker.
Closing down of Woolworths Store, Market Jew Street, Penzance.
Closing down of Woolworths Store Market Jew Street Penzance don. Dawn Walker.
Close-up view of the Sevenstones Lightship at sea
Detailed description of the lightship is available via the link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevenstones_Lightship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevenstones_Lightship
Close-up view of Longships Lighthouse
Note the keepers standing on the platform
