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carnkie
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17 years ago

Took astroll along part of the Red River Valley, Mainly to see if there were signs of the Roscroggan tin streaming works. Got talking to a chap who has a bungalow about where they were and he said the council have removed everything except the small croust house which happens to be in someones garden. Or I should more correctly say, jungle.

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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

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ICLOK
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17 years ago

Hi carnkie, Re Tin streaming works, your piece answered one question straight off. As someone who has spent hours looking for Cornish streaming rems .... where are the best to be found.... as in in situ??

Regs ICLOk

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carnkie
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17 years ago

I only did one end of the valley and I'm slightly ashamed to say I've never done the other end, something which I intend to rectify very shortly. The reason I mention this because there were many streaming works in the Tuckingmill valley along the Red River and I believe that there are quite a few remains still there. Crofty used to discharge their tailings into the river. Will check it out. As for other areas will need to get back to you.
You probably know there is an active works at Blue Hills, St Agnes which I'm told is well worth a visit.

http://www.bluehillstin.com/frameset.php?sessionid=2066781ba3401d1e55e458ac844e2e62

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

Heb
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17 years ago

There's a picture in 'Images of Cornish Tin' by Stoyel & Williams of the remains of a waterwheel at the Reskadinnick Tin streaming works. Spent hours one summer ploughing through brambles and swamp looking for that, went back in January & found it straight away - a great relic!

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scooptram
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17 years ago

theres quite a bit above Brea but it has been "cleaned up" with nice foot paths though

ICLOK
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17 years ago

Any help here would be good.... lots of books cover engine houses but very few the stream works. Seen the superb set up at Blue Hill before and after resoration. It was an eerie sad old place before they got it working, it was also one of the reasons I got into SW mining interests.... Blue Hills and Wheal Kitty. Our summer holidays were strange.... Mum and Dad were easily conned into "That looks a nice beach" were they would end up sat on their own wondering why I had disappeared for a cliff top walk or up the valley. That was at 10 years old!!! I only got worse after that!!!

My father took me to a site in a valley near Camborne and at the time there was a mass of stuff and an engine house and no bypass? Its a long time ago. I remember seeing launders, buddles, drive shafts. It would have been about 1972 to 4, I know I was really young and my father had got lost.... I think its the same place with the rems of the east Pool stamps house there today and it would fit with B.Atkinsons description.... But I didn't recognise it at all! Stripped and gone. 😞

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ICLOK
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17 years ago

Where exactly is this (grid?) and hows access,?

Great Picture by the way.

REgs :thumbsup:

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Heb
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17 years ago

The wheel itself appears to be on someone's land (garden), so best treat it accordingly. I was stood at the boundary fence when I took the picture, the fence can be seen to the left of the wheel, so you can get pretty close. Didn't have a lot of time or i'd have asked at the house for a closer look.

carnkie
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17 years ago

Very interesting and slightly embarrasing as it's practically in my backyard. 😞 Will pop down and have a mosey around. I don't know if its of any interest but apparently there is a complete mock up of a tin streaming works at Tolgus Tin which is in the Gold Centre on the Redruth-Portreath road. Anyway the GRs for Reskadinnick are SW63618N 41509W.

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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

carnkie
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17 years ago

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"Heb" wrote:
There's a picture in 'Images of Cornish Tin' by Stoyel & Williams of the remains of a waterwheel at the Reskadinnick Tin streaming works. Spent hours one summer ploughing through brambles and swamp looking for that, went back in January & found it straight away - a great relic!

The owner showed me around the tin streaming remains yesterday. Very interesting. There are quite a few remains in the garden and I’ve no doubt many more that have been buried. He said the mill was definitely derelict in 1902 and the wheel dates at 1901. F. Bartle and Sons Carn Brea 1901 are stamped on it. They were a well known foundry in the area. The adit from the Red River enters to the left of the property, under the wheel and in front of the mill before turning sharp right and back down to the river. Water is still flowing through it.
The bottom two photos are the stream works at Brea that have been renovated by the council. These were operated by one man.

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Buddles

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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

ICLOK
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17 years ago

#11

Fantastic Pictures ... Thanks for posting. I didn't realise they had done anything at Brea... that's the prob being stuck up here. Guess I will have to get down and just do a trip for stream works at this rate.

At the wheel site is the owner Ok re access? I would love to see it when down next.

Cheers

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!

carnkie
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17 years ago

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"ICLOK" wrote:
Fantastic Pictures ... Thanks for posting. I didn't realise they had done anything at Brea... that's the prob being stuck up here. Guess I will have to get down and just do a trip for stream works at this rate.

At the wheel site is the owner Ok re access? I would love to see it when down next.

Cheers

The owner is fine with it. He's quite interested in it himself and they discovered a fair bit clearing the garden. This for example although I haven't a clue what it was but obviously connected to the streaming.

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His brother is an engineer and hopes he may be able to restore the wheel. As you can see there are actually two and the back one has slipped.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

ICLOK
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17 years ago

#13

Cracking.... Its nice when people understand what it all means.

Thanks for this. :thumbsup:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!

carnkie
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17 years ago

#14

I recently uploaded a small doc. concerning tin streaming in 1884. I was surprised by the amount of activity. It can be seen that the Reskadinnick company employed over 100 people.There would have been more than one works of course.
Put in perspective that's nearly half the people then currently employed at Wheal Basset.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

ChrisOates
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17 years ago

#15

The Streaming works at Brea Village have cleaned up nicely - to see an automatic streaming device a trip to King Edward mine is needed.

Brea
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=50.212675&lon=-5.273172&z=17.9&r=357&src=ggl

King Edward
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=50.20383&lon=-5.275183&z=17.3&r=357&src=ggl