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General view of the excavation. Several men sitting amongst the rocks having a break, man in suit bottom right walking along marked poles. Harvest in bales at top left.
Annotated "General view of Excavation on left bank of river 6-7-59"
Stamped on…

Image is annotated "View of Rock Excavation on left bank 6-7-59"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"

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"

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"

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"

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…

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"

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

General view of workings. Annotated "General view from left bank 30-9-59"

General view of excavation works. Several men working on the site, including a man walking along the shuttering (centre) and also men along scaffolding on right. Annotated "Concrete works right bank of river looking upstream 3-9-59" Stamped on…

View looking down site, finished concrete on left. Men scrambling over scaffolding and pipework on the left centre.
Annotated "General view from right bank 30-9-59"

Annotated "Excavation for spillway foundation"
Puddles to the foreground, two men standing centre right. Scaffolding draped with material/overalls.

View of shuttering for concreting. Men at work by long ladder in centre and above cylinder top right.
Image is annotated "Construction work left bank 30-9-59"

View of men positioning wooden joists for shuttering, preparation for concreting. 3 men watching from above. Image is annotated "Typical shuttering 30-9-59"

Close view of machinery and crane bucket, man sitting on a rock on extreme left, shuttering in background. Image is annotated "Foundation of spillway looking upstream 30-9-59"

General view of the construction, note men standing on scaffolding middle left. Image is annotated "Construction works on right bank of river 4-11-59"

General view with construction and boulders on left, a crane to the right. Image is annotated "View from Tail Bay 4-11-59"

Preparing the car park, dam construction in background. Image is annotated "Car park under construction 4-11-59"

General view of dam construction. Image is annotated "Construction works on left bank of river 4-11-59"