The Paris left Southampton on 20 May 1899 with 380 passengers and 372 crew and collected a further 50 passengers from Cherbourg, then making passage to New York. The ship diverted to Eddystone and Lizard Lighthouses to get a navigational fix.…
Railway Map proposed routes of rail extensions from Penzance 1864, 1873, 1898 Map. Jenner room Morrab Library.
Penzance Railway Extensions proposed but never developed (coloured). via Sancreed St Just Pendeen St Buryan St Levan Sennen
The vessel on the right is "Emma" of Bridgwater. The ship in the centre is "Hetty" built by Cornish shipwright John Stephens of Devoran in 1878. She was decommissioned in 1938. P L 281.