The Micas and Kiln Stack at the Pontsmill China Clay Works near Prideaux, with the roof of the Dry in the foreground

Date:
1965 - 1971
Location:
Pontsmill China Clay Works, Luxulyan, Prideaux Wood, Cornwall
Reference:
CIP01/71A/11
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The Dry was a large warehouse with a heated floor, in which the locally-extracted china clay was dried before transportation. Pontsmill China Clay Works was established in about 1920, and was in operation until the late twentieth century.

Content

This is part of the Job: CIP01/71A Cornish Industrial Archaeology Photographs 71A; within the Collection: CIP01 Cornish Industrial Archaeology Photographs

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Creator of Archive: Falconer, Keith

Keywords

20th Century China Clay Works, 20th Century China Clay Dries