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"The king of mid-Cornwall": The life of Joseph Thomas Treffry
202 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1982
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February 26, 2017
"Joseph Thomas Treffry (1782-1850) has been aptly described as "a Captain of industry, master of his own economic fate, an assertive, individualist sole who pioneered the development of transportation to facilitate the exploration of his mines and marketing of the ores they produced" intro to the book
His legacy includes the magnificent Treffry viaduct, Par docks, the Cornish mainline railway and the spectacular remains of 'Austen's 'engine house at Fowey Consols, a mine he developed into one of the largest copper producers in Cornwall.
His close working relationship with William West, the 'The last great Cornish Engineer', was my reason for hunting down a copy of the book. For to understand William West's success needs an understanding of Treffry's ( ex Austin) influence.
More information about Treffry can be found on my Navsbooks blog
https://navsbooks.wordpress.com/2017/...
This paperback of about 200 pages by John Keast was published in 1982 by Dyllansow, It is the definitive biography of the industrialist, and as such is a 'must' for anyone starting to study his life. Unfortunately the book has been out of print for some time, and its price can be ridiculously high. So it is well worth keeping an eye on the prices, and grab a copy when one turns up at a sensible price.
Its narrative I found a bit of a challenge to follow at times, and I resorted to drawing up my own timeline of dates to pull the pieces together into an order that made sense. Despite of this, The book is defiantly one grab if you spot a cheap copy in your local second hand bookshop or on Amazon.
His legacy includes the magnificent Treffry viaduct, Par docks, the Cornish mainline railway and the spectacular remains of 'Austen's 'engine house at Fowey Consols, a mine he developed into one of the largest copper producers in Cornwall.
His close working relationship with William West, the 'The last great Cornish Engineer', was my reason for hunting down a copy of the book. For to understand William West's success needs an understanding of Treffry's ( ex Austin) influence.
More information about Treffry can be found on my Navsbooks blog
https://navsbooks.wordpress.com/2017/...
This paperback of about 200 pages by John Keast was published in 1982 by Dyllansow, It is the definitive biography of the industrialist, and as such is a 'must' for anyone starting to study his life. Unfortunately the book has been out of print for some time, and its price can be ridiculously high. So it is well worth keeping an eye on the prices, and grab a copy when one turns up at a sensible price.
Its narrative I found a bit of a challenge to follow at times, and I resorted to drawing up my own timeline of dates to pull the pieces together into an order that made sense. Despite of this, The book is defiantly one grab if you spot a cheap copy in your local second hand bookshop or on Amazon.
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