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Part of a set of photos and postcards of Rig Mill, near Whitby

also see COLLINS.3A, WRECKS 32OF 196

On reverse: ?Lelant Downs Stamps (ex Jim Hashin's Collection but two photos under same caption)

The Bay of Panama was a 2,282-ton, four masted, square-rigged steel ship, launched by Harland & Wolff at Belfast in 1883 and described as one of the finest sailing vessels ever built.

She left Calcutta on November 18th 1890 with 13,000 bales of…

Originally part of Manor of Predannack

The 5,994-ton Clan lines steamer Clam Malcolm of Glasgow, wrecked at Green lane at 9pm on September 26th while bound from Port Natal via London to Glashow.

Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…

Cast by L & C Howell at Hawarden Iron Works Flintshire 1865 & workedfor 30 years 50ft diam x 4ft wide

16th Century Mill House Site mentioned in Doomsday Book

Drive shaft abandoned in the undergrowth.

Interior view of Bosalva Mill at Lamorna. Part of the ancient Manor of Kemyel, it has been and still is occupied by the Hosking families since the 14th century. (Angove, 1970)

Photo of a photo

This dramatic photo also appears (in reverse) as a square lantern slide (WRECKS 32OF 270) missing the figure on the left. The detail is, however much better.

Black and white photo of a painting.
Built 1799 destroyed in Freak Flood 1894. The Great Zennor Flood which swept down valley. The mill was empty at the time, waiting for the new owner.

same wreck: see WRECK 6.002