Here is the c1900 photograph of Launceston, with C H Smith's complex in the centre foreground. The muddy foreshore is much as was described in 1806 when the place was first settled by Europeans.
Later after 1912, that whole area was reclaimed and to the right hand side became what is now Royal Park and today is fronted by the Seaport Development. The canals that had been dug through the mud to reach the warehouses had by this stage been filled in but the little sailing ketch was able to reach what was called Gunn's Wharf (Gunn's Mill and Timberyard buildings are immediately behind) and the large building to the left is the Malthouse for the old Tamar Brewery owned by Scott & Griffiths.
This site was not purchased by C H Smith until 1937 and some of the old brewery buildings remained there until mid 1970's when it was demolished for the Northern Outlet Extension Road.
There is quite a bit of Launceson's heritage invested in this site.
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