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©roger geach
Dist:0.2km<br/>This view shows the trackwork before the main line was doubled. The wagons will load with China clay for export at Fowey up the branch at one of the claydriers.
©roger geach
Dist:0.2km<br/>Panoramic view of the clay processing plants at Burngullow and Blackpool from Tregongeeves
©mike hancock
Dist:0.3km<br/>View westward, towards Truro and Penzance, also St Dennis Junction to right; ex-Great Western, Plymouth - Truro - Penzance main line, junction of mineral branch to St Dennis Jct. on the Par - Newquay line. The station closed on 14/9/31, but the main line still thrives and the branch and the locality are still active in the 21st century with china-clay traffic.
©Ben Brooksbank
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©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.5km<br/>Heading west as seen from the roadbridge on the Lanjeth road.
©roger geach
Dist:0.5km<br/>Getting china clay out of the ground involves shifting large quantities of waste material using big trucks. I suspect these pictured here are two of the smaller ones.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.6km<br/>Having loaded the clay for transport onward to the Stoke on Trent area this loaded train heads to St Blazey yard where after laying over will then depart later in the day to the Potteries.the clay has been loaded at various locations in the Burngullow area.
©roger geach
Dist:0.7km<br/>When the clay mines were at the peak then the waste tips looked liked white pyramids hence the name of this pub. Nowadays most of the tips have been landscaped or even flattened.
©roger geach
Dist:0.7km<br/>One of the by products of china clay extraction is sand and gravel, some of which can be graded and sold.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.7km<br/>Some interesting names on this sign ?
©roger geach
Dist:0.7km<br/>Looking across the fields towards the coast. Typical Cornish Countryside.
©roger geach
Dist:0.7km<br/>According to the Ordnance Survey map these are dryers and mills. The railway branch line is used for freight traffic only.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.8km<br/>Empty oil tanks for St Blazey yard from the depot at Long Rock Penzance are seen just west of Burngullow.
©roger geach
Dist:0.8km<br/>The circular tank on the right is a settling tank associated with the Blackpool China Clay Works just over the horizon.
©Tony Atkin

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