B/w print
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1992.1591
Identification
Item: A derelict Cornish engine house
Description: This structure probably housed a pumping engine used for draining the mines. The horizontal well in the foreground is the beam or 'bob' wall. The lower walls in the immediate foreground would have surrounded the shaft. The deeper the mine, the larger the engine required. Some around the Camborne Redruth area had a 90" diameter. Compare that with the 30" diameter required at Chapel Carn Brea which is near the coast where the mines were not so deep. The main uses of these engines were pumping water, winding and operating the processing plants,such as stamps.
Condition: Good -
Description
Height: Mm
Width: Mm
Material: Photograph
Production
Method: Printed
Person: Cottage Studios, Purbank
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