Cornwall's Industrial Heritage with Special Places to visit by Peter Stanier

Part of the Twelveheads Heritage series. 

Cornwall was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution when the county was famed for the mines which provided metals for the workshops of Britain. 

A plethora of industries grew up alongside foundries, engine builders and gunpowder mills supplied mines as well as china clay pits and stone quarries.  Wind and water mills, breweries and soft drink factories met the needs of the workers, as did housing, chapels and institutes.  Roads, canals and railway all carried the minerals and other goods to ports and harbours.  Sailing craft brough limestone to be burnt in the kilns all around the coast and notable lighthouses protected shipping from the rugged cliffs.  Military works ranged from coastal batteries to pill boxes and wartime airfields.  Cornwall led the world in international communications by cable, wireless and satellite. 

Much of Cornwall's industrial heritage remains to be discovered and explored, and this book describes what there is to see. 

A must have book if you want to explore this aspect of Cornwall's heritage.