The Quay and the River Exe
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The Quay and the River Exe
Image: © Peter Jeffery Taken: 19 Apr 2018
With the ferry in the foreground. There is a plaque on the wall adjacent to the warehouses on the far bank which tells us that;- "In 1834 two rival builders, Robert Cornish and Messrs Hooper, built the pair of warehouses to take advantage of the hoped-for increase in trade. Cornish built his warehouse in limestone from Torbay and Hooper used local 'Heavitree' stone.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.71838
Longitude
-3.530533