Old engine house near Hagg Farm
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Old engine house near Hagg Farm
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 25 Mar 2010
This is one of the oldest mining relics in the area. It would have housed an early Newcomen-type steam engine, which would have been used for mine pumping rather than winding. It would originally have been rather taller.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.339372
Longitude
-2.084815