Idea for a new home for the Cornish Ice works building

Suggested new site for ice plant

Plans are afoot to replace the existing Cornish Ice Company's ice works with a new building and production plant. Perhaps this could an opportunity to relocate the ice plant itself in a better position. 


The simplified illustration above suggests that the new plant could be best placed where the waste skips are sited at the end of the net store adjacent the Penlee lifeboat office. In this situation, ice would be easily accessed by lorries driving underneath the conveyor which could also feed over the quay to service any boats in a berth well away from the fish market. 


This site would free up valuable quayside space and also allow a new fish market to be built well away from Fore Street that runs alongside the current market. Or allow for the creation of a working/landing area for the ring net/crabber fleet with adjacent cold storage/temp vivier holding tank. 

The fleet of pontoon based inshore boats would also be that much closer to a supply of ice/slush for them to keep their bass, mackerel and other fish in top condition.