Wheal Basset - ruinous engine house
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Wheal Basset - ruinous engine house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 16 May 2019
It took me a while to recognise this overgrown ruin as a former engine house. This housed a horizontal duplex winding engine with 24 inch cylinders that drew from Miner's Shaft. The engine was erected in 1890 and took over the function of the whim engine at Lyle's shaft. The chimney survives out of shot to the right.
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Image Location
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50.215955
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-5.240029