I was amused to catch a mother catching her son framed in a window of Wheal Coates, an old engine house on the cliffs at Chapel Porth, Cornwall.
At Wheal Coates, Cornwall
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Tag Archives: tin and copper mining
Weekly Photo Challenge – Relic
Here in Cornwall, UK, we are surrounded by relics from the tin and copper mining industry. Engine houses and other old mine works dot the countryside and the coastline and The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, or ‘Cornish Mining’, was inscribed on the World Heritage List on July 13 2006. World Heritage status gives international recognition to Cornish Mining’s contribution to the development of our modern industrial society.
Click on this link if you would like to know more about the history of Cornish mining and miners. Cornish miners took their expertise all over the world and it is said that wherever there is a hole in the ground, you’ll find a ‘Cousin Jack’, a Cornishman. It’s a fascinating site. Please click on any photo for greater detail.
Killifreth
Killifreth Mine information
Killifreth, side
Looking up inside Killifreth
Mineral Tramways Project
Wheal Busy
Great Wheal Busy Mines
One of the Wheal Busy buildings
At Wheal Busy
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