Chimney: Abandoned Tin Mine
Introduction
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Chimney: Abandoned Tin Mine
Image: © Pam Brophy Taken: 3 Aug 2006
This chimney is from an abandoned tin mine near the Eden Project. It is unusual to find a tin mine this high up as most of the chimneys in the area are from China clay works. The clay was extracted in the form of a slurry and dried out in the stacks and then cut into blocks for exportation.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.358328
Longitude
-4.768119