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at the western side and was 1,250 by 400 feet (380 by 120 m) in size. It opened in 1857. Part of the earth dam that had been built across the harbour to facilitate the creation of the inner basin was retained for the later construction of Trinity Pier. From then on a few modifications were made,
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A map from the late 1830s shows a small "Union Dock" at Millbay, about which not much is known, but in 1840 an Act of Parliament granted Thomas Gill the authority to build a pier and other works at the mouth of Millbay as well as deepening the creek. Gill had a quarry at the east side of the harbour,
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Millbay is currently undergoing significant change after the area was targeted as a strategic priority for regeneration in Plymouth, being seen as 'a key opportunity within Plymouth's overall regeneration, given its waterfront location, proximity to the city centre, and gateway status' (PCC, 2005).
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in the English Channel. A significant amount of shipbuilding took place here: Willoughby Bros Ltd., for example, was in business from 1857 until 1969 and built vessels for the Royal Mail Steamship Company, Customs and Excise and others, as well as chain ferries for Torpoint, Saltash, Littlehampton
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Brunel next built another pier, an iron floating pontoon 300 ft (91 m) long by 40 ft (12 m) wide (91 m × 12 m) for the Irish Steamship Company whose vessels were regularly using the harbour. Then he constructed the inner basin, with limestone and granite walls. It had
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Millbay is the home of the Plymouth RNLI All-Weather and Inshore Lifeboats, as it has been since 1862. The landmark which most Plymothians remember as the easiest way of locating the entrance to this harbour, a huge boxlike grey concrete grain silo with a substantial tower was demolished in early
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Public realm improvements of this regeneration include newly landscaped quaysides opened to the public and the first section of a new boulevard (Isambard Brunel Way) aimed at reconnecting city centre and waterfront, a long-held Plymouth planning policy aim.
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were built, probably in the 12th century. These mills were operated by the Priors of Plympton who collected the income from grinding corn. By the mid 15th century, the mills were owned and let by the Corporation of Plymouth; the lease was sold to
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Regeneration proposals were prepared over a number of years through a partnership between the local community, Plymouth City Council, South West Regional Development Agency, English Partnerships, along with the lead developer
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for more than a century) and lay within the St Peter's Ward, ranked as Plymouth's most deprived ward and within the top 10% of deprived wards in England. (From the Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2004).
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The Millbay and Stonehouse Area Action Plan 2006-2021 was adopted by Plymouth City Council in 2007. In the same year the first Millbay Masterplan received planning consent and this was updated in 2015.
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in the west. The area is currently subject to a public-private regeneration creating new homes, business premises, marina, a 1000-pupil school and opening up the waterfront to greater public access.
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In 1846 another Act of Parliament established the Great Western Dock Company to provide full facilities for shipping at Millbay. Gill sold his Millbay Pier to this company and became a director.
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was opened nearby in 1849. The next year a railway extension was built to the new docks, customs facilities were granted and the docks were recognised as a Government mail packet station.
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were built, 1779–85. Until Victorian speculators constructed new docks and warehousing, this had a watergate into Millbay from which the navy's soldiers embarked for service at sea.
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Millbay's first new development, Cargo, was completed in 2010. Following this considerable progress has been made in delivering the regeneration vision for Millbay.
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From the 1870s until the Second World War Millbay was a busy landing point for rich travellers from the USA who preferred to disembark the transatlantic liners in
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The railway company quickly became aware of the benefits of this traffic and took the initiative in ordering the first of a series of steamers, the
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that had recently been completed. Around this time the old tidal mills closed and the Sourepool was drained ("made drie for a meadow") in 1592.
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on the north coast of Spain. Ferry services depart and arrive daily from March to late October, and less regularly during the winter months.
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By mid-2016 regeneration in Millbay had resulted in more than 400 new homes, 19,000 sq ft of new business space, a new 1,000-pupil school (
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Major works to dredge Millbay's inner basin and restore its historic listed quay walls enabled Millbay to host the Race Village for the
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and the pier he built, now known as Millbay Pier, was 500 feet (150 m) long and was completed in 1844. The following year the
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event in Plymouth in 2011 and facilitated the development of the new 171-berth King Point Marina, which opened in 2013.
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built a jetty and workyard in the south west corner of the harbour for unloading and working the stone for the third
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The area had suffered from high crime rates (not least for having been Plymouth's busiest and notorious
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Millbay was a busy commercial dock because it could accommodate larger ships than Sutton Pool, off the
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disembarked here in secrecy. They were then taken by train from Millbay station to Southampton.
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but no major changes took place until the construction of the ferry terminal in the 1970s.
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An old warehouse at Millbay Docks in Plymouth survives surrounded by more modern buildings
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Gill, Crispin (1994). "Ocean Liners at Plymouth". In Michael Duffy; et al. (eds.).
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berthed here during her maiden voyage to New York and was visited by 15,000 sightseers.
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The dock was expanded in 2003 to accommodate Brittany Ferries' new 40,000-ton flagship
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visited Millbay, the first time that a high speed craft had been used out of Millbay.
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Smeaton's lighthouse was completed in 1759 and around this time the Long Room (an
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern
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Contemporary map of Plymouth during the Civil War, showing the extent of Millbay
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There are currently two large deepwater docks, one of which is part-owned by
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A panorama of Millbay, showing at the right, the Brittany Ferries port with
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at Millbay in 2006. The (now demolished) grain silo is in the background.
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was engaged to design new docks; both he and Gill were involved in the
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was 939 tons and was capable of about 14 knots (26 km/h).
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On Sunday, 28 April 1912 the majority of the surviving crew of the
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in 1573. In 1591–92 Drake built six new mills along
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Index

50°22′05″N 4°08′53″W / 50.368°N 4.148°W / 50.368; -4.148

Plymouth
Union Street
West Hoe
Stonehouse
the Hoe
Union Street
tidal mills
Francis Drake
Drake's Leat

English Civil War
John Smeaton
Eddystone Lighthouse
assembly room
Stonehouse Barracks
SS Great Britain
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
South Devon Railway
first railway station in Plymouth
drydock
Cattewater
coaling stations

Plymouth Sound
Millbay station
London Paddington
RMS Titanic disaster

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