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NEWQUAY

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 535 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEWQUAY , a seaport and watering-See also:

place, in the St Austell See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cornwall, See also:England, 14 M. N. of See also:Truro, on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 2935. It is finely situated on the See also:north See also:coast, on Newquay See also:Bay, which is sheltered to the See also:west by Towan See also:Head. The cliff scenery is See also:grand, and there is a See also:fine sandy See also:beach along the northward sweep of the coast in Watergate Bay. The See also:harbour, artificially constructed, and equipped with a See also:jetty and piers, admits vessels of 250 tons. The See also:chief exports are See also:iron and other ores, See also:china See also:clay, See also:granite, See also:fish and See also:grain. The imports are See also:coal, See also:salt and See also:manures.

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