Tolverne Cottage, Cornwall showing WWII slipway
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Tolverne Cottage, Cornwall showing WWII slipway
Image: © Callum MacLeod Taken: 21 Jun 2015
Tolverne Cottage AKA Smugglers Cottage, lies on the Eastern shore of the River Fal. Viewed from the Halwyn Tea Garden on the opposite bank,the "hard" or slipway that was used as an embarkation point for US troops in the invasion of Europe in 1944 can be seen beside the pontoon.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.222649
Longitude
-5.021886