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New Quay (Devon)

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222: 193: 163: 38: 200: 170: 344:, forming a junction with the Tamar at Morwellham quay, completed in June 1817 with a tunnel of 1.75 miles (2.82 km) altogether built at an expense of £68,000 (equivalent to £6,289,000 in 2023) being in engineering and in export of ores a remarkable achievement before its decline in the 1860s. 351:
Since the village was abandoned in the early 20th century it became overgrown and large cut masonry stones from the quay were stolen. In 2008 work was begun to halt New Quay's further destruction: many of the buildings were stabilised and repaired and much of the undergrowth was cut back.
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An account of the county in 1818 states "the Tamar is navigable to New Quay...for vessels of about 130 or 140 tons: vessels of fourteen feet draught go up to Morwell-ham quay, six miles from Plymouth" — the first distance appears to be an error.
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Trains on the mine tramway from Morwellham stop at new Quay with local guides to show structures and explain the mining and cultural activities of the valley.
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Closest mines are the Gawton Arsenic Mine, a scheduled ancient monument, Bedford Consolidated Mine and the George and Charlotte Mine. Across the water was
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Tavistock in A Topographical Dictionary of England, ed. Samuel Lewis (London, 1848), p. 307. Accessed 30 March 2015.
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Daniel and Samuel Lysons, in Magna Britannia: Volume 6, Devonshire (London, 1822), pp. 27-47 Accessed 31 March 2015.
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to the south having had chapels or meeting houses for these in 1887 including a Presbyterian Church in 1822.
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As with Morwellham, the whole area is in the south of the highly scattered late 19th century parish of
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The site can be visited without guides on foot and further public access is planned for the future.
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Vision of Britain (The University of Portsmouth and Others). Accessed 2015-03-31
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Vision of Britain (The University of Portsmouth and Others). Accessed 2015-03-31
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Daniel and Samuel Lysons, (London, 1822), pp. 176-198. Accessed 31 March 2015.
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It to an extent benefited from the short but major engineering feat of the
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Mine, East and West Liscombe and Wheal Tamar Copper Mines, and the
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Beer Alston extract from John Marius Wilson's Gazetteer of 1887
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and a small contributor parish to an ecclesiastical
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UNESCO World Heritage Site

Location
Gulworthy
West Devon
Devon
United Kingdom
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Criteria
1215-010i
Session
Coordinates
50°30′18″N 4°10′52″W / 50.505°N 4.181°W / 50.505; -4.181
New Quay (Devon) is located in Devon
New Quay (Devon) is located in the United Kingdom

abandoned hamlet and intensive mining port
River Tamar
Devon
Morwellham Quay
copper
tin
arsenic
mines
George
Bedford
World Heritage
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Consolidated
William and Mary

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