The pumping Engine House at Great Wheal Busy Mine, and Boiler House to left, shown from the south-east. An 85" beam engine was installed in the building in 1856 to drive the machinery, with a larger 90" engine replacing it in 1872.

Date:: 1965 - 1971

Location:: GREAT WHEAL BUSY MINE, ENGINE HOUSE, Chacewater, WHEAL BUSY, Cornwall

Reference:: CIP01/71A/16

Type:: Photograph (Print)

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Description

Great Wheal Busy Mine was formerly known as Chacewater Mine, with copper and then tin being extracted at the site since the seventeenth century.

Content

This is part of the Job: CIP01/71A Cornish Industrial Archaeology Photographs 71A; within the Collection: CIP01 Cornish Industrial Archaeology Photographs

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Creator of Archive: Falconer, Keith

Keywords

Victorian Boiler House, Victorian Beam Engine House