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Much of the landscape of Cornwall and West Devon was transformed in the 18th and early 19th centuries as a result of the rapid growth of pioneering copper and tin mining. Its deep underground mines, engine houses, foundries, new towns, smallholdings, ports and harbours, and their ancillary industries together reflect prolific innovation which, in the early 19th century, enabled the region to produce two-thirds of the world’s supply of copper. The substantial remains are a testimony to the contribution Cornwall and West Devon made to the Industrial Revolution in the rest of Britain and to the fundamental influence the area had on the mining world at large. Cornish technology embodied in engines, engine houses and mining equipment was exported around the world. Cornwall and West Devon were the heartland from which mining technology rapidly spread.
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The 37 year old Cornwall native and entrepreneur, while with another firm, had the challenge of dealing with the company’s garbage and discovered there was considerable value in what was being discarded. Realizing the profit potential from recycling specific items, Lang started Knor Plast in 2000 and since then, the company has experienced spectacular growth. In fact, according to Profit Magazine, the firm has seen a 4000% growth and its employee complement has risen from two to almost 50.
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While Rugby is widely held to be the most popular sport in Cornwall, football has in recent years increased in popularity. Truro City F.C. have the largest following; and currently play in the Western League Premier division. This fits in with their Chairman's (Kevin Heaney) ambitions to eventually play in league football, a prospect that is realistically expected to take around 5 years, as they still have several steps to progress up the pyramid structure of leagues. Truro City F.C. became the first ever Cornish football club to win a national competition when in 2007 they won the FA Vase, defeating AFC Totton 3-1 in the final.
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The inhabitants of Cornwall speak English - often with a slight Cornish accent. That said, Cornwall is home to one of the bastions of Celtic language in the British Isles - the Cornish language is closely related to Welsh and Breton, less so to Irish and Scots Gaelic. It survived as a living tongue until 1777 and the death of Dolly Pentreath, the last person thought to have spoken only Cornish (although this is disputed). The publication of Henry Jenner's "Handbook of the Cornish Language" in 1904 caused a resurgence of interest in the Cornish language, and efforts are being made to revive it. There are currently estimated to be some 3,500 Cornish speakers, 300-350 of whom are fluent. It has recently been officially recognised by the UK government as a minority language. Some areas of Cornwall have bi-lingual road signs in both English and Cornish.
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The present human history of Cornwall begins with the reoccupation of Britain after the last ice age. The pre-Roman inhabitants included speakers of a Celtic language that would develop into the Brythonic language Cornish. After a period of Roman rule, Cornwall reverted to independent Celtic chieftains. The first account of Cornwall comes from the Sicilian Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (c.90 BC–c.30 BC), supposedly quoting or paraphrasing the fourth-century BC geographer Pytheas, who had sailed to Britain:
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Cornwall Furnace is indeed a unique survivor of the early American iron industry. Originally built by Peter Grubb in 1742, the furnace underwent extensive renovations in 1856-57 under its subsequent owners, the Coleman family, and closed in 1883. It is this mid-19th century ironmaking complex which survives today. At Cornwall, furnace, blast equipment, and related buildings still stand as they did over a century ago. Here visitors can explore the rambling Gothic Revival buildings where cannons, stoves, and pig iron were cast, and where men labored day and night to satisfy the furnace’s appetite for charcoal, limestone, and iron ore.
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