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Possibly Newlyn

Home of Charles and Mary Dennis

Image showing shuttering for concrete and ladders.
It is annotated "Excavation & Concrete left bank of river 3-9-59"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"

Image showing general view of the excavation works for Drift Dam. There are a few men standing in the middle of the photograph. It is annotated "Works on right bank of river looking upstream 3-9-59"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"

They are standing outside a brick building, possibly industrial.

A formal portrait of the group sitting outside, mainly young people.

Close-up image of digging the monolith for the dam. Four men can be seen in the trench to the left of the tall ladder digging with hand tools. It is annotated "Foundation for monolith 3-9-59"
Stamped on reverse "Richard Bros Penzance"

They are all wearing large hats.

View along channel towards the McAlpine works on left. Several men building a scaffolding bridge across the channel.
The image is annotated "Downstream diversion channel 3-9-59"

They are formally dressed, sitting outside a building.

Close-up image of the valve tower construction. The circular valve can be seen centre right. Two men standing on scaffolding poles and more seen above. It is annotated "Valve tower foundation. Concrete etc 3-9-59" Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros…

There is an older man sitting in the middle of the group.

General view of excavation works. One man can be seen in the centre of the image above the track by a ladder. Image is annotated "Works on left bank of river looking upstream 3-9-59" Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"

The First and Last was a pub in Alverton, Penzance, but closed down in 2018.

View of the layers of excavation. Image is annotated "Excavation & concrete left bank of river 3-9-59"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"

They are standing outside. The image is not quite in focus.