Carthew, Clay Works 1927
Photo ref:
79869
Photo ref:
79869
More about this scene
Cornwall's china clay industry was established in the 1770s. Down the years, pyramids of waste have scarred the landscape above St Austell, creating an eerie, lunar atmosphere. The quarried kaolin is used in the bleaching of paper and calico, and in the manufacture of china and fine earthenware.
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