- 1758 - Cornish Copper Company founded
- 1779 - John Harvey opens his Foundry
- 1780 - John The Merchant Curnow estate bought by CCC
- 1819 - Foundry Quay built
- 1825 - Hayle St Erth Causeway constructed
- 1830 - Hearing of dispute between Harvey & Co and CCC in The Hayle Hotel
- 1834 - Redruth - Hayle Causeway built
- 1848 - Harvey & Co deliver the Leeghwater
- 1852 - Original Brunel Viaduct opens
- 1873 - Harvey acquires Cornish Copper Company
- 1903 - Foundry closes
- 1910 - Hayle Power Station opens
- 1969 - Harvey & Co merge with United Builders Merchants
- 1972 - Sluicing stops
- 1975 - Power Station closes
- 1977 - Harbour closes to Commercial traffic
- 1982 - Harbour branch line closes
- 1983 - UBM offer Harbour for sale in 10 lots
- 1986 - Tekoa who had acquired the Harbour present plans
- 1987 - Aldersgate Developments acquire Harbour
- 1988 - Aldersgate plans revealed
- 1994 - Aldersgate collapse
- 1996 - Rosshill acquire site
- 1998 - Rosshill present plans but withdraw amid confusion
- 2003 - Penwith appraise possibility of Hayle Harbour CPO
- 2004 - ING acquire site
- 2008 - ING present plans for Harbour regeneration
- 2011 - 2011 ING offer to reintrodce sluicing and hand over harbour to a
Community run trust
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