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Rural View across water

Possibly area where Drift Dam now covers.

The West of England Steam Engine Societys 28th Annual Rally featuring a 1937 Ruston Hornsby Type HR 35 hp stationary engine owned by Michael Edwards of Pendeen, Cornwall.

The Russian stemaer, Aksai, was lost around White Island on November 2nd 1875. She was on passage from Cardiff to Odessa with coal. Fog blurred the outline of the Scillies, with Captain Boltine taking her along the north side of St Martins, only to…

Driven ashore in 90 mph gale to Pendeen Watch Note the men in the breeches buoy

Driven ashore in 90 mph gale to Pendeen Watch Note the men in the breeches buoy

Driven ashore in 90 mph gale to Pendeen Watch All fifty-two crew members were winched to safety

S Passmore, Florist and fruiterer. Mates Illustrated Penzance (Corporation Official Guide)

S R Train approaching 92 Squadron Loco? E N O 34081 P L 163.

Overview

Ship shown from starboard quarter, semi-submerged.

The Plympton of London, a Commercial Steamship Company Vessel went ashore in the thick fog on August 14th while carrying maize in bags from Villa Constitution to Dublin, via Falmouth.

Built for Furness, Withy & Company of West Hartlepool in 1893,…

S.J.Motton, Tobacconist, 14 Market Jew St.. Penzance.
from 'Mates Illustrated Penzance'
(Corporation Official Guide)

S.S "Isle of Sark"
The Southern Railway's new oil burning steamer for the Channel Islands 2.211 tons.
The lifeboats were built by F Peters of St-Mawes under Ministry of War Contact.

The S.S Minnehaha was a 13,443 tons gross Atlantic Transport Company steam liner that went aground on the eastern side of Scilly Rock at 12:50 on April 18th 1910. The Minnehaha was built and registered in Belfast by Harland & Wolf I 1900. On…

The S.S Minnehaha was a 13,443 tons gross Atlantic Transport Company steam liner that went aground on the eastern side of Scilly Rock at 12:50 on April 18th 1910. The Minnehaha was built and registered in Belfast by Harland & Wolf I 1900. On passage…