Cornish Copper Company

The Cornish Copper Company (CCCo) was originally a copper smelting business founded in Camborne, Cornwall in 1756.^[1] 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.^[2]

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