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Lemon Quay Culvert, Truro - August 2016

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Truro once had a bustling port to deal with shipments of locally mined tin and copper. At some point in the 18th century, it moved from its original medieval site, in the shadow of the town's castle, to Lemon Quay in the centre of the city. The quay was named after the prominent mining magnate and Member of Parliament, Sir William Lemon. In the 1920s, Lemon Quay was covered over and it has since been redeveloped as a Piazza. Underneath Lemon Quay runs the river Kenwyn which is one of three...

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