Dolcoath Mine, Wheal Harriett steam winder
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Dolcoath Mine, Wheal Harriett steam winder
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 28 Apr 2011
A long story. This Worsley Mesnes horizontal duplex steam winder (then complete) was installed here in 1897 but following closure in 1921 was transferred to the New Roskear Shaft in 1924 and worked there until 1929. It then lay disused. In 1980 the cylinders and lighter motion parts were taken to Astley Green Colliery, Greater Manchester by the Red Rose Society. These parts were stolen from there and the project to relocate the winder was abandoned and it lay in its roofless house for a few more years (a quarter of a century at least). It was finally re-installed here, on its original bed, in 2009.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.214704
Longitude
-5.284527