At some time, prior to any photographic evidence, the access road to the Old Quay was widened to provide safer access for an increase in horse-drawn traffic owing to a growth in the fishing fleet…
a little bit of rain doesn’t stop Terry from Symons Construction to continue laying in the recycled blue elvan and other granite stone setts…
a break in the rain allowed the top section to be lime mortar pointed…
more bal stones have come to light…
James heads down the newly laid road surface with another bag of lime…
to feed the mixer…
then it’s back to completing the lime mortar pointing…
which clearly helps reveal the outside original edge of the access road which Historic England were very keen to see preserved as a visual reminder of how the harbour has responded to different needs of use over time…
the swing shovel on site has revealed the extent of the south slip, much of it long since covered by a beach of pebbles and rubble…
amongst the pebbles on the beach are five huge single granite stones, each weighing several tones and fitted with iron eye embedded in lead which were used as mooring stones, exactly where remains unknown but possibly they were used to hold the old coal hulk in place in the early part of the 20th century…
and then the floating crane barge at one time…
the harbour continues to benefit from technical and financial support from Historic England for the project.