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Image is annotated "Downstream side of overflow section from right bank 2-5-60"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance"

View of the overflow section, with filter area. It is annotated "View from left bank looking upstream 2-6-60"

Close up of men working on trench and around crane. Image is annotated "Cut off trench, spillway section and valve tower 2-6-60"

General view of construction. Image is annotated "Cut off spillway section 2-6-60"

General view of construction work across the valley.
It is annotated "View upstream from right bank 2-6-60"

View of construction across the valley. Image is annotated "Construction of tail bay walls 2-6-60"

Close-up of concrete and shuttering work, men working on trench (bottom right) and up on scaffolding (centre left and top right)
The image is annotated "Cut-off spillway section 2-6-60"

Men at work on the tail bay section. Some with wheelbarrow and shovels, other machinery in background.
Image is annotated "Tail bay excavation looking upstream 30-6-60"

General view of busy site, lots of men working including one bottom right standing on a horizontal ladder spanning a trench.
Image is annotated "Tail bay channel excavation from upstream of dam 30-6-60"

Overview of the construction. Site office and Mcalpine sign can be seen top right.
Image is annotated "Tail bay, apron and walls 30-6-60"

View of one side of dam from the apron. The image is annotated "Concrete apron over sand filter 30-6-60"

General view of construction.
Image is annotated "View looking upstream from left bank 30-6-60"

General overview of construction. The image is annotated "View looking upstream from right bank 30-6-60"

View of foundation work, several men working by the concrete chute. The image is annotated "Upstream foundation of overflow section 30-6-60"

General view of site looking towards Mcalpine office.It is annotated "View from left bank looking upstream 5-8-60"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"

Close-up of concrete. The image is annotated "View at line 216-220 OD. of monolith 9C left side 5-8-60"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"

View of construction from base. The image is annotated "View from tail bay 5-8-60" The reverse is stamped "Richards Bros, Penzance"

General view of construction and valley.
Image is annotated "View from upstream side of overflow section of dam 5-8-60"
The reverse is stamped "Richards Bros, Penzance"

View looking down across the tail bay. The image is annotated "View of tail bay from right bank 5-8-60"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance"