The Mount’s Bay Breakwater Campaign (1836–1840)

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The Mount’s Bay Breakwater Campaign (1836–1840) - The Mount’s Bay Breakwater Campaign (1836–1840)

A £250,000 Vision for a National Harbour at Penlee Point​

Between 1836 and 1840, civic leaders in Penzance led one of the most ambitious maritime campaigns in West Cornwall: the construction of a national breakwater in Mount's Bay.


The proposal was not framed as a local improvement, but as a project of national strategic importance.

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The Financial Proposal​

By 1840, the cost being publicly discussed was:

• £50,000 per...

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