Mousehole harbour, 1948
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Mousehole harbour, 1948
Image: © David M Murray-Rust Taken: 1 Aug 1948
At the end of the south pier looking towards The Wharf. The crane would have been used to drop the large timber baulks into slots in the walls of the harbour entrance to provide protection against abnormally high tides. Today this would be done with a mobile crane.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.082529
Longitude
-5.539024