Higher Bal Mine engine house, Cornwall # 1271351

Higher Bal Mine engine house, Cornwall

1-271-351 - Peter Thompson/Heritage Images

Higher Bal Mine engine house, Cornwall. In the Victorian heyday of the Cornish tin mining industry there were over 600 of these engine houses containing steam engines to pump water out of the mines and power winding gear in the mineshafts.

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Peter Thompson, attributed to: British: Photographer

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World Europe United Kingdom England Cornwall

50 25 00 N , 004 45 00 W

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Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

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Trade & Industry Other

Science & Nature Technology & Innovation Industrial Machinery

Places Europe England Cornwall

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3412x5118
File Size : 51,161kb

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1-271-351

1271351

HIGHER~1

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