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FOR THE PRESERVATION AND STUDY OF CORNWALL'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

 

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Industrial gazetteer: clay and brickworks

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Tonkin's Downs China Clay Works

 

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View of the pit - thumbnail   View of the waste tip - thumbnail

 

Tonkin's Downs clay pit represents an unsuccessful trial for china clay in the late 1870s. The present remains include a small pit and waste tip.

 

 

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