Mining remains at Wheal Busy

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Mining remains at Wheal Busy by Alan Walker as part of the Geograph project.

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Mining remains at Wheal Busy

Image: © Alan Walker Taken: 15 Jul 2007

Seen from Image these remains can be seen from a point where the ‘Mineral Tramways’ route crosses a local minor road. (Note that some of the buildings seen here are private, belonging to Wheal Busy Farm.) Wheal busy was a large concern and much of the heathland in the area has further remains. See also this photograph by Sheila Russell, Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.259627
Longitude
-5.173392