River Collection

Building the HTP warehouse on Malpas Road, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1911
Warehouse being built for HTP (Hosken, Trevithick and Polkinhorn), who were agricultural and grain merchants. View of the frame of the building with scaffolding and gangs of workers

Rock, St Minver, Cornwall. June 1906
A view of Rock looking down the estuary at low tide. On the foreshore, to the left, is a bait digger with his fork and basket. To the right is a fishing boat, moored with its sails down

East Looe Quay, Looe, Cornwall. Around 1930
View along the quay with the van belonging to Fish and Ice Merchant, Edward Middleton. A man is walking with three children and carrying a fourth child. Another man is further ahead in the distance

Point, Devoran, Feock, Cornwall. 1857
A watercolour by S.A.C.W. showing the lead smelting works at Point. Photographer: Unknown

Harbour, Boscastle, Cornwall. Possibly 1902
The schooner " Lively" of Bideford alongside the quay, unloading coal. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

Fishing boat in rough sea approaching the Camel Estuary, Padstow, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Identified in J. Bartletts Ships of North Cornwall, 1996, as A Lowestoft sailing trawler running for Padstow under reduced canvas past Stepper Point, with Pentire in the background"

Malpas Ferry at Tregothnan landing, St Michael Penkivel, Cornwall. Around 1887
A view of the Tregothnan landing place looking towards Malpas with a view of the houses along the top. The gentleman on the far left is Mr Allen, the ferryman, with his daughter Laura, aged 7

Henry Martins Home, Woodbury, Woodbury Point, Kea, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A front view of Henry Martins home, " Woodbury" at Woodbury Point on the River Fal. Note this is spelled as " Woodberry" on the original glass plate negative

Helford Creek, Helford, Cornwall. 1912
The entrance to Helford creek at low tide. A topsail schooner can be seen off the estuary and Helford Passage in the distance. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

Calstock viaduct, Cornwall. After 2nd March 1908
The Calstock viaduct and quay with lift. The Viaduct was completed on 2nd March 1908. Photographer: Unknown

Calenick, Kea, Cornwall. Early 1900s
An early view of Calenick, taken from an unusual angle, showing the bridge and several cottages. Photographer: Ernest Chegwidden

St Michaels Church, Porthilly, St Minver, Cornwall. Probably early 1900s
Small boats on Porthilly beach with St Michaels Church in the background. Photographer: Unknown

Malpas landing, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A group of rowing boats, full of passengers prepare to embark from the foreshore at Malpas. Photographer: Unknown

Malpas Ferry at Tregothnan landing, St Michael Penkivel, Cornwall. Around 1920s
The ferryman and a woman passenger arriving on the foreshore at the Tregothnan landing. Malpas village can be seen in the background. Photographer: Unknown

A schooner and other boats, East Looe Quay, Looe, Cornwall. Around 1890
A topsail schooner and other boats at low water at the seaward end of East Looe quay. Photographer: Surgeon Captain John Campbell

Larch Cottages, Helford, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A view of the east side of the village at low tide from across the creek. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Rugby in the Mud, Lerryn, St Veep, Cornwall. March 1993

Timber Barque off Pendennis, Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)
Oil on canvas, Newlyn School, 1897. Henry Scott Tuke was born into a Quaker family in Lawrence Street, York. In 1859 the family moved to Falmouth, where his father Daniel Tuke, a physician

View of the Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall. After 1910
View of the cathedral and viaduct from Poltisco showing Garras Wharf with Harveys timber yard and the Green (which later became the site of the bus station)

Carnon Viaduct, Perranwell, Cornwall. 20th June 1932
View of the Carnon Viaduct showing the original Brunel timber fan structure viaduct being replaced by a new stone structure directly behind the original. The new viaduct opened on 13th August 1933

Group of women, Kea, Cornwall. Early 1900s
View of a group of women outside a cottage in Calenick. No doubt two of the women have put on clean white aprons for the photograph and note the beautiful lace curtains at the windows

Old Kea Creek, Kea, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A boating party of three ladies look towards the photographers camera at high tide, on a hot summers day. The tower of Old Kea parish church can be glimpsed through the trees

Malpas, Cornwall. Around 1890
A view of terraced houses situated on the west side of the Malpas Ferry. A Free House and Tea Rooms are on the left. There is a man walking up the road from the creek

Cowlings Mill, Cowlands Creek, Kea, Cornwall. Around 1910
A view of the creek on a sunny summers day. A number of people are posing for the camera. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

King Harry Ferry, Feock, Cornwall. After 1888
King Harry Ferry in mid-stream from the Philleigh side. The steam driven chain ferry was introduced in 1888. Photographer: Unknown

Rock, St Minver, Cornwall. Probably around 1930
A view of houses at Rock and the estuary at low tide, from Porthilly Cove. A woman is walking on the right hand side. Photographer: Unknown

Back Quay showing the Market Inn, the rear of City Hall and N. Gill & Son, Truro, Cornwall. After October 1937
A view of the Market Inn, the rear of City Hall and N. Gill & Son after the filling-in works were completed in October 1937. A small group of men are standing outside the Market Inn

Clay jetty at Fowey Harbour, Cornwall. Early 1900s
View of the clay jetty showing the Great Western Railway clay wagons ready to load with the SS Hero being loaded. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Lemon Bridge, Lemon Quay, Truro, Cornwall. Late 1926
A view looking down Back Quay from Lemon bridge. Four men are standing outside Newtons Hairdresser. A period lorry, with the registration RL 1654

Lemon Bridge, Truro, Cornwall. Late 1926
A view of three gentlemen standing on the road at Lemon Bridge looking towards Back Quay, with Truro School in the distance

Malpas Ferry landing with people embarking, Malpas, Cornwall. Early 1900s

Newquay boating lake, Trenance Gardens, Newquay, Cornwall. After 1939
A view of the boating lake with children in paddle boats on the lake and walkers in the garden. Trenance Viaduct can be seen in the background and houses on Trevemper Road can be seen on the right

Worths Quay with excursionists awaiting a boat, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1920s
A glass lantern slide picturing a large group of excursionists waiting for an excursion steamer on the Truro River at Worths Quay

Filling-in works Lemon Quay, Truro, Cornwall. Between September 1936 and October 1937
A view looking west from Back Quay, outside the Old City Hall, of the early stages of the filling-in works. Lemon Bridge can be seen in the distance. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Back Quay, Truro, Cornwall. 1910
A view taken from the west side of the River Kenwyn, looking up river towards Lemon Bridge in the distance. Back Quay is on the right with a sailing barge alongside near The Green

Group of people, Calenick, Kea, Cornwall. Early 1900s
View of a group of men, two children and a dog, on the bridge at Calenick. Two of the men are obviously workmen and the photograph was probably taken in winter. Photographer: Ernest Chegwidden

Coombe, Kea, Cornwall. Before 1908
Early view of Coombe showing the creek with boats, and several houses on the bank. The two thatched cottages, Moor Close and Bunny Thatch, were demolished between the First and Second World Wars

Malpas, Cornwall. Probably early 1900s
A view of Malpas, in the distance, from the Tresillian River. A number of schooners are moored off Malpas and a rowing boat " Busybody" with a man and two of children is in the foreground

Scoble and Davies Shipwrights yard, Malpas, Cornwall. Around 1900
A view of Scoble and Davies shipyard at Malpas from the water. There is a ship under construction and an unidentified sailing vessel at the tideline. Photographer: Unknown

Malpas Ferry, looking towards Tregothnan landing in St Michael Penkivel, Cornwall. Early 1900s
View of Ferryside Cottage and the Ferry House on the St Michael Penkivel side with a ferryman rowing a boat in the foreground. Photographer: Unknown

Liskeard to Looe Canal, Morval, Cornwall. Around 1890
A view downstream of the footbridge over the Liskeard to Looe Canal, probably just south of Sandplace, with the estuary on the right. There is a lady with her dogs on the bridge

Pont Pill, Lanteglos by Fowey, Cornwall. 1904
Pont looking north to the footbridge, with Pont Quay Cottage on the left. Three figures can be seen including a man in a rowing boat, a photographer with his camera and tripod and a man shovelling

Coombe Creek, Kea, Cornwall. Around 1910
John Stevens Scoble sawing wood on the foreshore of the creek, alongside what appears to be fishing nets drying on poles. He is working in front of his house, Beach Cottage

Coombe, Cowlands Creek, Kea, Cornwall. Between 1908 and 1924
A view of the Reading Room and cottages at Coombe, on Cowlands Creek. A lady looks out from the front door of Holly Cottage

Flooding of Station Road, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Possibly 1924
A view from Wheal Leisure of a flooded Station Road over to St Pirans Road in the background. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Paper Canoe, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. June 1990
Peter Lowe of Towan Blystra Venture Scout Unit, in his paper canoe made out of Cornish Guardians. The County Venture Scouts held a camping weekend in Lostwithiel where the resin reinforced boats were

Newham Road, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1930s
View over the wall at Harveys Timber Yard, with the Gas Works beyond. Photographer: Unknown

Lemon Bridge from Lemon Quay, Truro, Cornwall. 1926
A good view of Lemon Bridge, taken from Lemon Quay at low water. The modern public toilets, which opened in September 1925, are visible just beyond the bridge parapet

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