Dynamite Quay, from the Warping pier.
Built between c1873, as reported in The Cornish Telegraph, and completed end of 1876 as reported by The West Briton. Used for general goods flow, to and from the port. Either Norwayman's Quay disappeared under the new quay, or it was completely removed and used for building the new quay; a walk along back to Lelant Station does show that the base rock shelf is too close to the surface to have been considered a harbour site for large draft ships.
After WWI in 1920 the wharf was taken over by Thomas W Ward, and joined the rest of his yards all over Britain; ships were broken here, up until the last in 1949 [HMS Milford].
In 1939 Lelant Quays had also changed to that of handling Bickford-Smith's explosives and fuses during WWII, as well as for coal, so the quay became known as Dynamite Quay, with its steel framed warehouse building.
12th May 2009
