East Pool Mine Engine House, Agar Road, Pool
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East Pool Mine Engine House, Agar Road, Pool
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 6 Jun 2005
Built in 1887 to the design of a local engineer, E. W. Michell, after whom the adjacent shaft, 1,500ft deep, was named. For the next 34 years tin was extracted from this shaft, until a large underground movement of rock destroyed it. The engine was manufactured by Holman Bros of Camborne, the only one of the type made by the firm and the last rotative beam engine made in Cornwall. The boiler house had been demolished at some time after the closure of the mine in May 1921. It was rebuilt by the National Trust and set in motion once again 20th August 1975. The Cornish boiler is a 1926 Ruston and Hornsby, identical to the two which used to work the engine house. The site was run by the Trevithick Trust until 2005 on behalf of the National Trust and reverted to them after the collapse of the Trust.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.228042
Longitude
-5.264549