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The Old Pier (Medieval) and a Mount's Bay lugger aground in the harbour foreground, with many more anchored off shore in Gwavas Lake. Fish being landed in small punts to the waiting 'Jousters' with their wicket baskets and donkey carts. This is the…

Pier is Grade 2-listed, built before 1435. Longline fish baskets and longlines are in view. The distant view is across to the fish market and ice works. At low tide all vessels are aground.

Larger identical image to JDC 381, details as before.

Fishing boats next to the Old (Medieval) Pier. The boats often beached here for maintenance when the tide went out. This beach is under Newlyn Cliff, under the Fisherman's Arms pub.

The lower part of Newlyn, ie., Street-an-Nowan, is seen in the background. The newly completed North Pier (Victoria Pier) is in the right foreground. This pier was later widened along its length. A Mount's Bay lugger is attempting to leave the…

Tinted colour print showing the luggers leaving the harbour for the fishing grounds. Probably late PM for pilchards. No engines in those days

The South Pier was built in 1885; in 1914 it was lengthened by 100 feet. No Tidal Observatory existed until one was built in 1915.

End of the South Pier in view, showing the small building of the Tidal Observatory for the Ordnance Survey. The Tidal Observatory and a 100 foot extension to the South Pier were constructed between 1913 and 1915.
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End of the Old Pier is on the far right, looking across to the North Pier. Low buildings can be seen on the distant North Pier, indicating a time after WW2.

Cretehill was used for refuelling steam powered, visiting East coast drifters amongst others. It was badly damaged by a German air attack in May 1941. Refloated and towed away in 1949. The vessel behind and moored alongside the Newlyn North Pier is…

The Western Green in the foreground is the cleared site of Navy Inn homes demolished in 1939 (similar to JDC 365).
The square block house in the right bottom corner is the public air raid shelter created during WW2.
The large vessel in the harbour…

From time to time, the dredger would visit Newlyn, operating inside the harbour and nearby. Dredged material was tipped into a barge alongside; when full, it was towed well down into Mount's Bay and dumped on shoal ground.
This is a Rare photo!

One of the Stevenson & Sons 75 foot trawlers on the repair slip. A stone 'coaster' waiting in the bay. Gill nets drying on the railings at the roadside, Fore Street, Newlyn.

The steelwork 'gantry' is being installed to transport the Penlee Quary stone from the 'Bins' to the ships side (conveyor system). This replace the narrow gauge railway in use from about 1902. In far left corner is the slipway for repairing fishing…