Page 11 - Porthleven's Historical Timeline

1900 TO 1999

1900 Lifeboat John Francis Wright replaces Charles Henry Wright

1901 Population 1974 persons

1902 Around this time Buenos Aires Row ( named after a ship lost near Porthleven)
was replaced by Bay View Terrace

1904 Board school ceased to exist and became a Council School and eventually a
County Primary School

1905 First reference we can find relating to St Peterstide
Bay View Terrace completed the end plot nearest the clock tower was once a
temperance tea room

1907 A steam crane was installed where the seating outside the harbour Inn is
located.

1908 The first mail cart for Porthleven was in April of this year.

1911 Population 1667 persons
3rd June Fire completely destroyed Kitto's Net Factory
The small area of Porthleven known locally as The Square, resides a granite
monument to commemorate the coronation of George V. This was the first
public light in the village.

1912 SS Titanic was seen from Porthleven as she crossed Mount’s Bay. On board
were 2 men from Porthleven. They were among the 1500 who lost their lives.
In December of that year the SS Tripolitania ran aground on Loe Bar
A disastrous fire occurred in the fish store. The fire brigade arrived from
Helston with their horse drawn appliance.
Fire at Henry Cowls

1913 Commissions having been undertaken by Kitto’s to build motor vessels for the
Hudson Bay Company designed for their fur trading expeditions in the Arctic.
The First being the Fort Churchill leaving Porthleven in July and the second
Fort York completed just as the first world war broke out.
The harbour was receiving coal steamers, cement & brick vessels and timber .

1914-18 During the war years some important boat-building contracts were carried out
for the Government.
Porthleven War Memorial is inscribed with 26 names from WWI