IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Wheal Busy, TRURO, TR4 8NZ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Wheal Busy, TR4 8NZ by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (26 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
1
Track to Leigham Farm - with Telephone Box
The granite post to the right of the telephone box is one of the many mining heritage signposts. This one is on the coast-to-coast route and points the way to Portreath.
Image: © Tony Atkin
Taken: 7 Jun 2008
0.09 miles
3
Engine Shaft engine house, Wheal Busy
Wheal Busy was at various times mined for copper, tin and arsenic. This house held three different engines. It was erected in 1856 to house an 85" Harvey pumping engine. It then held a 90" Perran Foundry engine installed in 1873. The final engine was installed in 1909 and was a much travelled and rebuilt engine that had started as an 80" but ended as an 85". It was scrapped in 1952 but had worked relatively little on this site. The site is interesting in retaining a roofed boiler house. The stack is a 'telescoped' design and is free standing.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 14 May 2018
0.12 miles
4
Wheal Busy Engine House, Chasewater
This mining relic has been restored, and there is an information board giving details of the mine and its history.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 8 Jan 2016
0.12 miles
5
Wheal Busy Engine House
This view shows that the chimney is detached from the main building.
Image: © Humphrey Bolton
Taken: 8 Jan 2016
0.12 miles
6
Wheal Busy
Engine house and stack. See also Image
Image: © Elizabeth Scott
Taken: 6 Oct 2023
0.12 miles
7
Wheal Busy - Engine Shaft pumping engine house
Wheal Busy was at various times mined for copper, tin and arsenic. This house held three different engines. It was erected in 1856 to house an 85" Harvey pumping engine. It then held a 90" Perran Foundry engine installed in 1873. The final engine was installed in 1909 and was a much travelled and rebuilt engine that had started as an 80" but ended as an 85". It was scrapped in 1952 but had worked relatively little on this site. The site is interesting in retaining a roofed boiler house. The stack is a 'telescoped' design and is free standing.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 14 May 2018
0.13 miles
8
Cottages at Wheal Busy
These are former miners' cottages near the engine house on Engine Shaft at Wheal Busy.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 14 May 2018
0.13 miles
10
Flooded bridleway near Wheal Busy
Bridleway 301/61/3 proves awkward for walkers without wellies or waders as it approaches the junction with bridleway 301/60/2 west of Wheal Busy.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 18 May 2009
0.14 miles