The pool was shallow and barely useable and narrowed dramatically; it seems the dock was dug into it:
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a thin channel to the river was maintained (see illustration). On this basis, to dig out the whole creek would have been at fantastic cost and thus unfeasible and in any event wouldn't have suited large ships.
The history of the port has been one of building ever bigger docks to suit ever bigger ships. As it is, it was a spectacular gamble which of course was a great success.
It was never a cuddly little Mevagissey with cutesy little fishing boats but always strove to be a great sea port.
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