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General View of Construction. One man can be seen standing on top of dam on left side. There are also men working on the other monolith on the scaffolding and at the base on a concrete pour.
Image is annotated "View of dam from right bank 1-1-60"

General view looking down on shuttering for the spillway.. Some men working towards bottom centre. Image is annotated "Spillway foundation from left bank downstream 1-2-60"

General view of construction work. Image is annotated "View from left bank looking upstream 1-2-60"

Close-up of scaffolding, looking up site offices. Image is annotated "View scaffolding in spillway section 1960-02-01"

View of scaffolding from above. Two men in caps can be seen bottom right. Image is annotated "Spillway foundation from monolith No 7. 1-2-60"

General view of construction of spillway. Men are working at the top of the shuttering in centre of image. It is annotated "Spillway construction right bank 1-2-60"

View of construction of shuttering for the spillway, men can be seen working with scaffolding poles centre right. Image is annotated "Shuttering spillway section left bank 2-3-1960"

General view of construction. Image is annotated " View from left bank looking upstream 2-3-1960"

View of excavation work for spillway. Men at work in bottom centre of image, between two cranes, one above left and the other to their right by scaffolding. The image is annotated "Spillway excavation from right bank 2-3-60"

View of construction work across the valley. Several men working on the scaffolding and in the spillway, a crane to the left. The image is annotated "Spillway excavation from left bank 2-3-60"

General view showing shuttering and scaffolding work for spillway. The image is annotated "Spillway construction right bank 2-3-60"

General view of the construction across the valley.
Image is annotated "View from right bank looking upstream 4-4-60"

Close-up of shuttering for spillway. Image is annotated "Spillway foundation excavation. View from right bank upstream. 4-4-60"

View of construction and scaffolding. Image annotated "Spillway construction looking upstream from right bank 4-4-60"

Men working on the spillway, including a man with a theodolite standing on foundation. Crane on right is lowering something. The image is annotated "Spillway foundation excavation view from left bank upstream 4-4-60"

Close-up view of spillway construction. Image is annotated "Spillway construction looking upstream from left bank. 4-4-60"

View of overflow section, three men in centre of image. It is annotated "Downstream side of overflow section 2-5-60"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance."

View of scaffolding and construction of overflow section. Several workers on the site including two high up on the top part of scaffolding. It is annotated "Construction of upstream side of overflow section 2-5-60"
On the reverse it is stamped…

General view of the dam. The image is annotated "View from left bank looking upstream 2-5-60"
Reverse is stamped "Richards Bros, Penzance"

View looking down into working area, with men and machinery. Dam on right. Image is annotated "View of filter area, downstream of spillway 2-5-60"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance"