Fowey Consols, Henrietta's pumping engine house
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Fowey Consols, Henrietta's pumping engine house
Image: © Chris Hodrien Taken: 6 Jun 2021
Fowey Consols was a successful copper mine and between 1822 and closure in 1867 produced over 315,000 tons of 8% copper ore and much smaller amounts of zinc ore, pyrites and nickel. During the mine's life it had at least ten Cornish beam engines and this building housed one of two 80 inch engines. This was Henrietta's shaft and pumping engine and was operational from 1840 to 1843. This was designed by William West as the first long stroke engine in Cornwall (12 foot cylinder stroke and 10 foot in the shaft) and built in 1839 by Harvey and Company of Hayle. It was removed in 1843 and its second move saw it end up in 1879 at Great Holway Mine at Holywell in Flintshire. The engine house was converted to a dwelling in 1996. This view is from the public road and shows the three storey engine house with a balcony on the bob wall at the shaft end. The annexe was built using stone robbed from the engine house of Davis's Whim nearby. A later annex has been built on the far side of the engine house (since 2013).
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Image Location
Latitude
50.371399
Longitude
-4.686462