The late nineteenth century Harriet Shaft pump Engine House at the Dolcoath Mine in Camborne, shown from the north-west

Date:
1965 - 1971
Location:
Dolcoath Mine, Harriet Shaft Engine House, Camborne, Brea, Cornwall
Reference:
CIP01/71B/01
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Dolcoath Mine began production in the 1720s, reaching a depth of over 300 feet by 1746. It became the largest mine in Cornwall, also producing arsenic, tungsten, lead, silver, bismuth, cobalt and uranium. The mine was finally abandoned in 1929.

Content

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

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Creator of Archive: Falconer, Keith

Keywords

Victorian Beam Engine House, Post Medieval Mine, Victorian Engine House