Watchet timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 29 Oct 2018
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Created bySorcha Blackshaw
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(1862)
West Somerset Railway Opened(1912)
West Somerset Railway extended to East Quay(1929)
Paper mill had rail connection(1960s)
Paper mill employing over 500 people(2001)
Population : 3,948(2011)
Population : 3,785(Spring 2014)
Started working on 4 regeneration plans:
1. Boat Museum & Visitor Centre
2. East Quay Foundry
3. Community Centre
4. Coastal Pathways(Dec. 2015)
Paper mill shut down(Over 1000 years ago)
Watchet has been a trading port
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