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L56 Ruined Tin Mine Engine House, Cornwall, UK
Position:
N50° 10.291
W5° 36.761
Elevation:
489'/149m
Image format:
MF
RUINED TIN MINE ENGINE HOUSE, CORNWALL, UK
Like hundreds of similar ruins the Cornwall region of the south-western
UK, this abandoned Tine Mine engine house is a relic of a former
age. Beneath the ruin is a mine shaft (hopefully securely capped!).
The building housed a BEAM ENGINE that was powered by STEAM generated
by burning the FOSSIL FUEL, COAL. This and other devices lifted
miners and ORE from underground and kept the mine dry by PUMPING
water out.
Less detail
Image Trail:
L57
Links:
http://www.carnmetl.demon.co.uk/mines.htm
http://www.cornwalluk.net/levant/tech.htm
http://www.cornwalluk.net/levant/ |
