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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:13 pm Post subject: Cornish Engines
I've been following in the footsteps of Trevithick and i had a chance to visit some very nice engines down in Cornwall.
East Pool Mine/ Harvey's Engine
This site is home to a massive 90" Cornish pumping engine made by Harvey & Co of Hayle in 1892.
Engine house and chimney.
Pump rod on the end of the beam.
View up the chimney.
Remains of the boilerhouse.
Drivers view of the engine.
The packing flat of the 90" cylinder.
The beam weighs 52 tons!
Michell's Whim
Over the road from EPAL is a nice winding (Whim) engine, the engine is turned over with an electric motor (not steam sadly) and is great to watch in motion.
This was my favourite out of all the places i visited and it has a lot to see and the beam engine is powered by steam and has to be one of the smallest engine house's i have been in. Sadly the weather wasn't perfect but i think it added to the atmosphere of this special place.
The Whim engine house and remains of the pump house.
Right on the edge of the cliff face.
Arsenic calciners.
View from the coastline.
The skip shaft.
There are steps in the rockface (not visible on my photo) where the miners walked down to the shaft before the man engine was installled.
If you ever find yourself in Cornwall i highly recommend visiting these places to see for yourself. _________________ My Website: http://swiftfoxsteamco.webs.com/
Wales? This is in the county of Cornwall England mate, pretty far from Wales
and Im assuming these served tin mines, Cornwalls famous for its tin mines dotting the coast _________________ "Between them lay the silent, grey iron-clad Thunder Child."
At Levant Mine are those lighthouse in the fog? I like lighthouses. I would LOVE to go to the UK and not only would I like to see steam engines but all so some old castles.
Thanks for the great pictures and video! _________________ Jeff Member of the Georgia Steamers Association.
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At Levant Mine are those lighthouse in the fog? I like lighthouses. I would LOVE to go to the UK and not only would I like to see steam engines but all so some old castles.
Thanks for the great pictures and video!
pretty sur ethere all just chimneys _________________ "Between them lay the silent, grey iron-clad Thunder Child."
Yup just chimneys as Pauly says, although there is also Pendeen lighthouse not far away on the next set of cliffs as you can see it on a clear day. _________________ My Website: http://swiftfoxsteamco.webs.com/
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