Cornish Copper Company

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Cornish Copper Company''' (CCCo) was originally a copper smelting business founded in Camborne, Cornwall in 1756.<ref name="HHC">{{cite book |last1=AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited |title=Hayle Heritage and Character Assessment |date=2016 |publisher=Hayle Town Council |location=Hayle |url=https://www.hayletowncouncil.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20160525-NP-Hayle-HCA-FINAL-LR.pdf}}</ref> However it soon moved to Hayle and by 1758 had constructed its copper smelting works there. By 1769 the company had built the grade II listed Copperhouse Dock.<ref name="HE Copperhouse Dock">{{cite web |title=Copperhouse Dock, Hayle – 1327613 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1327613 |website=historicengland.org.uk |publisher=Historic England |language=en}}</ref>

==Shipbuilding== The CCCo also engaged in shipbuilding and was responsible for the following ships; * The ''Riviere'', an iron schooner * The ''Penair'', an iron schooner launched in 1861 * The ''Margaret'', an iron schooner launched in 1866

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