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Archway erected in Helston to celebrate the start of construction of the railway to Helston, 22 March, 1882. The archway is in Church Street with the words "May Trade Increase" and "Progression". A group of people are standing underneath the archway and a man is standing in the doorway of Martyn's shop. The railway opened nearly 5 years later in May 1887