Main engine house at Wheal Peevor
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Main engine house at Wheal Peevor
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 16 Sep 2012
From 1872, this building originally housed a 60" steam-powered pumping engine, which was replaced in 1911 by a 70" monster. It lifted water out of the main 'Sir Frederick's Shaft', a 660' hole, the capped opening of which is still visible immediately to the right of the right-hand wall.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.253396
Longitude
-5.216753