The cast-iron lintel over the door to the workshop at Great Wheal Busy Mine. The lintel was cast at the Perran Foundry in 1872, and this large workshop housed the Mine Smithy, Miner's Dry and general workshops.

Date:
1965 - 1971
Location:
Great Wheal Busy Mine, Smithy Workshop, Chacewater, Wheal Busy, Cornwall
Reference:
CIP01/71A/17
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Great Wheal Busy Mine was formerly known as Chacewater Mine, with copper and then tin being extracted at the site since the seventeenth century.

Content

This is part of the Job: CIP01/71A Cornish Industrial Archaeology Photographs 71A; within the Collection: CIP01 Cornish Industrial Archaeology Photographs

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Creator of Archive: Falconer, Keith

Keywords

Victorian Workshop, Victorian Blacksmiths Workshop