B/w print
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1989.576
Identification
Item: Penzance Dry Dock under construction
Description: The new Penzance Dry Dock is under construction, showing the amount of harbour about to be re-claimed and in-filled for the new road and wharf. The practice of robbing the old quay walls for cut granite left the existing quays ill supported, leading to several collapses. A new road was built to link Ross Bridge with the Promenade; the old road to Newlyn being Voundevour Lane. Penzance Quay Fair was a victim of this redevelopment but was revived in the 1980s as part of the Golowan Festival.
Condition: Good
Description
Height: Mm
Width: Mm
Material: Photograph
Production
Method: Printed
Date: 1881
Person: Gibson and Sons
Place: Penzance
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