St. Austell Valleys Railway and Dock Act 1887
WHEREAS the purchase of Pentewan Harbour and the existing St. Austell and Pentewan Railway connected therewith and the making and maintaining of the railways and deviation railway by this Act authorised would be of public and local advantage:
And whereas by reason of the high summit levels of the railways and the steepness of the gradients occasioned thereby the expenses of working the railways will be considerably increased and under these circumstances it is expedient that the Company be au...