Dolcoath Mine, Wheal Harriett - winder from pumping engine house
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Dolcoath Mine, Wheal Harriett - winder from pumping engine house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 28 Apr 2011
The re-erected remains of the 1897 Worsley Mesnes duplex steam winding engine seen from inside the 1860 engine house for the beam pumping engine. The pumping engine and winding engine both worked in the same shaft. Alongside is a re-erected Cornish boiler which is from the Toldish Mine at Fraddon and was secondhand there in the 1880s. The flue is offset rather than central - a feature claimed to improve water circulation.
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Image Location
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