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Today the creek is the mooring place of pleasure boats but in the early 19th century a rail line ran from the Gwennap mines to Point where the copper ore could be taken aboard ship. The trains would then return with coal and whatever supplies were needed for the mines. By the 1840s wharves had been built all along the creek from Devoran to Point, together with boatyards, repair shops and housing for the people. Unfortunately waste which was washed down from the many tin mines in the surrounding countryside was steadily building up and the tidal creek was eventually choked. Tin had always been extracted from the Fal river area but the heavy demands made by the industrialisation of the 19th century sped up the silting up process. The final blow to Devoran’s economy happened when tin prices fell with the discovery of cheaper tin in other parts of the world. Photograph By: Views Of Cornwall Team
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