About: Restronguet Creek at Devoran. We are unsure as to the purpose of the granite blocks in the foreground of the image. The could be left overs from the days when Devoran was an important port.

Photograph Added: 25th March 2006

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About: A yacht at a rather precarious angle in Restronguet Creek at Devoran.

Photograph Added: 23rd March 2006

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About: Looks like this boat is past its best.

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About Devoran Cornwall.

Devoran is located just off the main A39 between Truro and Falmouth at the bottom of the Bissoe valley and at the upper reaches of Restronguet Creek. Today there is a Post Office, Church, a pub and a school but no shops and yet at one time Devoran was a hive of industry. There was a railway line to the mines, extensive wharves, and a thriving boatyard with ships and barges coming and going up the creek.
In the early 19th century a rail line ran from the Gwennap mines to Point where the copper ore could be taken aboard ship. The trains would then return with coal and whatever supplies were needed for the mines. By the 1840s wharves had been built all along the creek from Devoran to Point, together with boatyards, repair shops and housing for the people. Unfortunately waste which was washed down from the many tin mines in the surrounding countryside was steadily building up and the tidal creek was eventually choked. Tin had always been extracted from the Fal river area but the heavy demands made by the industrialisation of the 19th century sped up the silting up process. The final blow to Devoran’s economy happened when tin prices fell with the discovery of cheaper tin in other parts of the world.
Now an official cycle route, the old Mineral Tramways from Devoran to Portreath is available as an interesting ride for the average cyclist . The route follows the working railway line tracks that carried minerals tin, copper etc to the ancient quays at Devoran or the harbour at Portreath. The flattest and easiest section is from Devoran to Point Mills at Bissoe.

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