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Until the construction of the Tamar road bridge at Saltash
in 1962, Gunnislake New Bridge, built in the early 16th century, was
the lowest bridging - point on the Tamar and one of the main routes
of entry into Cornwall. The village which sprawls on the steep valley
side owes its development more to the dramatic explosion of industrial
and mining activity in the mid - nineteenth century, a period when the
Tamar valley became the richest copper - mining centre in Europe. There
is much still to be seen here for anyone interested in industrial history
and its archaeological remains.
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