View from Bowjey Hill, Newlyn Town, across to the North Pier

JDC 369.tif

Title

View from Bowjey Hill, Newlyn Town, across to the North Pier

Description

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 is the Cretehil, used as a coal barge.
After being damaged during the war, it was taken out of Newlyn Harbour by salvage company W R Metcalfe and scuttled five miles off the Runnelstones Buoy, 15/03/1949.

Date

1946-47

Rights

Morrab Library

Format

Print

Type

Photograph

Identifier

JDC 369

Coverage

Newlyn

Physical Dimensions

133x88mm

Geolocation