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Can anyone identify these engine houses for me? They are not a million miles from Marshall's, S. Condurrow. Thanks in advance.
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I should add they are rogether, the second is just to the left of the first photo.

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16 years ago
Wheal Grenville Utd pump and whim.... pumping engine house is the one with the beam stools atop of the bob wall


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carnkie
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16 years ago
Cheers ICLOK. :thumbup:
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spitfire
16 years ago
They are both on Fortesques shaft
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16 years ago
Thanks Paul. That's that sorted. :thumbup:
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scooptram
16 years ago
from what i remember the stools are not the one from that engine house or engine but better there than the scrap yard!
also if i remember right in the 80s southwest water had a pump station on the shaft
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16 years ago
Sounds alot of trouble to go to to put them up there? I was told they were original to the house.
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spitfire
16 years ago
I think Scooptram is right. The stools overhang the bob wall by quite a bit and this would not be so if they came from that house. They came from Crofty after the demolition of the concrete engine house on Cooks shaft which housed that engine.
What may have happened was when it was built concrete for this purpose was an unknown factor so the bob wall was made thicker to be on the safe side. Also it would have allowed the beam to go straight in rather than wait for the stools to come out of the old house
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Cornish Pixie
16 years ago
Good to know that these engine houses are earmarked for consolidation in the very near future. The site is a very interesting one. :thumbsup:
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agricola
16 years ago
I remember back during the early 1990's both engine houses had scaffolding round them, whilst work was done to them. I wish I could find the pictures I took from the scaffolding all very impressive. I also remember the bob stools being lifted by crane and placed back on the bob wall. If my memory serves me, both (Stools)were stored at King Edward Mine.

Yes there was a pumping house (south west water) on the shaft which was concrete and demolished about the same time.

The 90 inch beam engine was transferred to New Cooks Shaft (South Crofty) where it continued to work until the 1950's - the breakage of the beam is well documented elsewhere. Part of the top of the cylinder has been located on the South Crofty site and is now lying next to the Blacksmith's shop. I do my best not to hit it when I park there every morning.
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Knocker
16 years ago
The pumping station was demolished in 1997, the only reason I remember is I walked down there about 3 months before I started at CSM, then on my first visit to King Edward, the pump pipework was laying in the tailings dam.
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"Cornish Pixie" wrote:

Good to know that these engine houses are earmarked for consolidation in the very near future. The site is a very interesting one. :thumbsup:



They seem, admittedtly to my untutored eye, to have done a fair job with South Condurrow. :thumbup:
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16 years ago
I thought they had already been done .... I'm probably wrong on that as well. 😞
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spitfire
16 years ago
Regarding consolidation: these were amongst the first batch to be done, at a rough guess I would say about twelve years ago
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16 years ago
Might explain why the ground was so disturbed when I visited and also less grass.... phew ...thought I was losing it!
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Cornish Pixie
16 years ago
The site to which I refer is Grenville New Stamps. I am well aware of the consolidation to the other engine houses mentioned, having photographed some of them during consolidation. Must have gotten my wires crossed, or consumed too much pop!!! :confused:
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carnkie
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After too much pop the site a couple of days ago.
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Cornish Pixie
16 years ago
I'm in good company then, Malcolm!!! :lol:
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scooptram
16 years ago
there was plans to consolidate the dressing buildings on Grenville i think they are the only frue vaning houses left in cornwall now dont know if this is still the case though
spitfire
16 years ago
Let's hope they don't Peevorize it!!
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