Wheal Peevor - remains of boiler house
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Wheal Peevor - remains of boiler house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 14 May 2018
The arch is what is left of the boiler house for the pumping engine house on George's (later Sir Frederick's) shaft. The house was built in 1872 having been moved from Little North Downs Mine with a 60" engine believed to be possibly of 1835 vintage. It ceased work in 1887 but was mothballed until being scrapped in 1900. In 1912 an old 70" inch engine was squeezed in and the shaft renamed Sir Frederick's Shaft. The mine was unsuccessfully reworked for Tungsten from 1912 to 1918 and again in 1938. I don't know when the 70" was scrapped though. The house in the background is the 1876 house for a 32" rotative stamps engine.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.2534
Longitude
-5.216613