IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
St. Newlyn East, NEWQUAY, TR8 5LW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to TR8 5LW by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (19 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
1
Lappa Valley Railway - Eric
This runs on the middle of the three gauges here - 10.25". This is an 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic with a 22 horsepower Perkins engine and was built by Alan Keef of Ross-on-Wye in 2008.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 7 Jun 2016
0.09 miles
3
Lappa Valley Railway - East Wheal Rose Station
This is one end of the 15" gauge steam railway that brings visitors from the car park and is the only access route for paying visitors. The locomotive is Muffin. This is an 0-6-0 tender locomotive designed by David Curwen and built in 1967 by Berwyn Engineering of Chippenham. There are three railways here, all of differing gauges and with different forms of motive power.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 7 Jun 2016
0.11 miles
4
Lappa Valley Steam Railway, 1976
A train headed by 'Zebedee' now a 0-6-4T, but it seems that it was built in 1974 as a 0-6-2T as apparently running here. It is on the return loop at East Wheal Rose.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: Unknown
0.11 miles
5
Wheal Rose Engine House, from the Lappa Valley railway
Taken on the Lappa Valley narrow gauge / miniature railway, looking towards East Wheal Rose engine house.
Image: © Hywel Williams
Taken: 6 Nov 2018
0.12 miles
6
East Wheal Rose engine house
This is accessed via the Lappa Valley Railway and is claimed to be the largest surviving engine house in Cornwall. The mine was a silver and lead mine.
Construction started in 1881 on this wet mine and a 100" inch Cornish beam engine by Harvey's of Hayle and built in 1854 was installed. This had a new 56 ton beam and was not set to work until 1884. Unfortunately the mine closed in 1885 and the huge engine finished its working life in Millom.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 7 Jun 2016
0.12 miles
7
Engine house, East Wheal Rose, 1976
This was before the area had been cleared and access was awkward.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: Unknown
0.13 miles
8
East Wheal Rose - danger deep water
You don't say! This is the shaft in front of the East Wheal Rose Cornish beam engine. The shaft is 160 fathoms (960' deep) or about 10 times the height of the massive engine house at the top of the picture. As you can see it is flooded to 'ground' to use the Cornish term. Some mines had a drainage tunnel below ground level, known as an adit, and these are now all flooded to adit level. Many shafts are still open and must be avoided on pain of death.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 7 Jun 2016
0.13 miles
9
View from East Wheal Rose, 1976
Looking somewhat west of south from above the play area here.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: Unknown
0.13 miles
10
A view of the Lappa Valley Steam Railway tourist attraction
Looking across the boating lake towards the East Wheal Rose engine house. In the distance is the wind farm at Carland Cross.
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 3 Aug 2011
0.13 miles