Great Wheal Prosper clay kilns, Carbis Wharf
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Great Wheal Prosper clay kilns, Carbis Wharf
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 26 Apr 2011
This was the last coal fired china clay dry in Cornwall and also the last to be rail served. It closed in 1989 and was saved from an appalling state by Colin and Anne Coad who converted it to holiday let accommodation. Round the back there are still settling tanks and the filter press house.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.402116
Longitude
-4.813878