tarboat's photos with the keyword: cornish

Disused Cornish boilers are scattered across the ground adjacent to Taylor's Shaft at the Moonta Copper Mines in South Australia. These vessels have been used for water storage after their steamraising days were over. Richman's 1869 enginehouse which housed a 32 inch Cornish beam engine driving crushing and concentration machinery stands in the background. The large tailings dump was reworked by leaching with seawater in the 1920s and 30s and the terraced effect dates from those times.

The Clive Engine House at Talargoch Lead Mine is undergoing extensive conservation work funded by landfill tax from WREN and a grant from CADW. Repairs to the roof, interior plasterwork, lintels and stonework are being carried out by specialist restoration company Recclesia. On completion of the work the enginehouse will be accessible by the public due to a ten year access agreement having been made with the landowner. The enginehouse held a Cornish pumping engine with a 100 inch cylinder and 10ft stroke from 1860 until the closure of the mine in 1884.