Engineer Mr K.E. Finney adjusting the balance on Porgibthree (the No. 3 cable between Porthcurno and Gibraltar). The light reflected from the mirror on the fork coil records the duplex balance disturbance on the scale above.
The Keigwin Arms, which was originally a manor house of the Keigwin family. Jenkin Keigwin was reputably killed at entrance by invading Spanish troops during the 1595 invasion.
A ketch typical of numerous such coastal traders seen in most English ports until ousted by the more economical diesel powered vessels in the 1930s. They carried general cargoes; coal, manures, cattle foods, chemical, etc, and regularly called on…