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View of Torquay. Information at the the bottom of the photograph states Rock Walk, Torquay , followed by the number 8106 and the initials J.V.

page from book with illustration

Page from The Cornish Giant with illustration of Trevithick memorial tablet

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Two photographs showing unknown valleys in the Pennine Range, The Pennines extend southward from Northumberland into Derbyshire in Northern England.

illustration on page from a book

Photo of crowds at Trevithick statue outside Camborne library

Sections of rails with plaque saying: "Rails and sleepers which formed a portion of the original track over which Trevithick's first railway engine ran on February 12th 1804 from Penydarren to Abercynon - 9 miles "
Other plaques say WC1836 and Ivor…

A view of St Mary's Harbour on the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall.
At the bottom left hand corner of the photograph you can see F & Co (probably Francis Frith & Co.)

Photograph of Mousehole Harbour showing Mount Bay Luggers drying nets and sails

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The Auxiliary packet Earl of Arran ran ashore on Irishman's ledge on the July 16 1872. Built in Paisley in 1860 for the Ardrossen to Arran passenger run, the Earl of Arran served in the Clyde from 1860 until 1868, when she worked excursions between…