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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

THREE VIEWS

same wreck: see WRECK 8.030

same wreck: see WRECK 8.031

Set of postcards of Otterton Mill

Nancledra water wheel and stamps. Built by Sara's Foundries (Wadebridge, Cornwall) around 1860. One of few such sets, these have since been removed for preservation. They were last worked by Mr Berriman who owned the property in the early 1950s.

adressed on reverse to: Miss H Loading, Station House Rudgeuile (?) Nr Holsworthy

Mynomie R Kirby sank off Scilly 28th November 1933

72ft diam x 6ft wide Waterwheel used to pump out Laxey Iron Mine Isle of Man

The crew of Wendur (a barque) which struck Seven Stones. The Glasgow sailing vessel struck the southern most rock of the Seven Stones Reef while carrying grain from Plymouth, Devon. Three of the 21 crew lost their lives. The formal inquiry, held in…

SS Western Front of Seattle, 5695 tons, built 1917, carrying naptha, turpentine and resin on fire off the Scillies. 40 crew rescued and brought ashore at St Marys by lifeboat Elsie.