Plymouth at Work
The city of Plymouth, on the south coast of Devon, has been a maritime settlement since its earliest days. The original town of Plymouth was historically the commercial shipping and passenger port - the Pilgrim Fathers left for the Americas from Plymouth in 1620 - and the neighbo… Celý popis ↓
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Plymouth at Work
The city of Plymouth, on the south coast of Devon, has been a maritime settlement since its earliest days. The original town of Plymouth was historically the commercial shipping and passenger port - the Pilgrim Fathers left for the Americas from Plymouth in 1620 - and the neighbouring town of Devonport, which has now merged with Plymouth, has been associated with the Royal Navy for the last three centuries. A trading port in Roman and Saxon times, fishing and boatbuilding have also been mainstays of the local industry for centuries.
Although it is now in decline, Devonport Dockyard is still a major naval shipyard and the only naval base in Britain that refits nuclear submarines. This era saw a massive rise in the dockyard, probably peaking during the Second World War when it became the target for heavy aerial bombardment. Today, although many of the traditional industries have declined
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