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Penlee House is a gallery, museum, cafe and shop. Situated within Penlee Park, a space to reflect and great for family visits.

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Alongside our Exhibition programme we run a variety of community events and workshops. The Newlyn School and Social history galleries change often. Find out what’s on.

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Built in 1865, as the home of the Branwell family. Penlee House is home to many paintings by members of the Newlyn School. It is also home to the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society collection.

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B/w print

Acc.no: PEZPH : 1989.584


Identification

Item: Penzance Wet Dock from the Extension Pier

Description: This is Penzance Wet Dock from the parapet of Extension Pier. There are no railings around the dock heads, but two small cranes are in place for handling the dock gate braces which were necessary to anchor the dock gates as they were found to lift off their hinges in heavy seas. This exposure was made between the completion of the third and central pitch roof covering the Dry dock's stores, foundry, machine shops and general engineering facility sand the building of rank's Granary on the Eastern arm of the dock - about 1934 to 1935. The middle roof section was the final part of the dry dock improvement in 1933.

Condition: Good


Description

Height: Mm

Width: Mm

Material: Photograph


Production

Method: Printed


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