Page last updated 21.7.2020
| Location | Newquay |
| County | Devon |
| Grid Reference | SX 45420 69611 |
| Date of images | 22 April 2015 |
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| The New Quay kilns were tenanted from 1822 by Gilbert Northey, who constructed a water powered inclined plane to draw materials to the kiln tops over the winter of 1825-26 at a cost of £300. It drew water from a leat taken off the Tavistock Canal, primarily for the George & Charlotte Mine and later serving Gawton & Bedford Consols Mines further downriver. It had a stone ramp leading to a timber trestle viaduct onto the kiln top and storage area. In 1850, the kiln was rebuilt and heightened and the incline's angle changed to a steeper one of wholly stone construction. The haulage arrangements were modified; a reverse-haulage system being installed to continue the incline beyond the water wheel onto a raised railway system on high stone walls dividing three great bunkers behind the kiln. Timber turntables turned wagons from the incline head to pass along the rear of the bunkers, while further turntables allowed trucks to run out along their dividing walls. A further turntable at the incline foot turned to serve a line along the riverside wharf, mirroring those at Morwellham and Tavistock. They are listed Grade II. | |
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