Fishing Boats Collection

Pilchard seine boat, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Pilchard seine boat on the River Kenwyn at Back Quay in Truro, with Samuel Brokenshire carriage factory in the background

Mylor Harbour, Cornwall. 1975
Various boats alongside the harbour wall, breakwater and pontoon with the yacht Sylvia (with a for sale notice) in the foreground. Mylor Yacht Club clubhouse in background. Photographer: Charles Woolf

Pilchard drift boat, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Pilchard drift boat on the River Kenwyn at Back Quay in Truro showing Samuel Brokenshires carriage factory in the background

Exhibition tanks, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Interior of the exhibition hall showing exhibition tanks. The exhibition site was a field at the top of Lemon Street and the exhibition ran from 25th July 1893 for a month

Exhibition hall, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Interior of the exhibition hall showing exhibits including model boats and the stand of J

Mackerel seine boat, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
A view of the open seine boat with fishing gear, probably sitting on the River Kenwyn at Back Quay in Truro

Single winch oyster dredge, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
A view of the open fishing boat with fishing gear and winch, probably sitting on the River Kenwyn at Back Quay in Truro

View of St Ives with the railway station in foreground. Around 1880
The St Ives branch was opened on 1st June 1877, by the GWR as successors to the West Cornwall Railway

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