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simonrl
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18 years ago

Really nice pics of Parys Manicminer - have you been U/G there?

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[img]http://www.aditnow.co.uk/showimage?f=/community/Parys-Mountain-Copper-Mine-User-Album-Image-010/[/img]

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Manicminer
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18 years ago

I have only been to the opencast mines once. I hope to go underground there soon.

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simonrl
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18 years ago

Hoping to be able to go there on the DP day in August.

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Manicminer
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18 years ago

Me too :thumbup:

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Vanoord
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18 years ago

Forgive my base ignorance, please. But why is it a Cornish engine house?

Presumably it is of a type oft used in Cornwall?

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Manicminer
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18 years ago

High pressure Cornish steam engines and boilers.

This remarkable example of British technological dynamism laid the foundation for Cornwall’s world-class export market in mining equipment, particularly the Cornish engine. The building 'houses' the engine.

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simonrl
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18 years ago

Is this the same design as at Dorothea?

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Vanoord
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18 years ago

Aha! A house for a Cornish engine, rather than a Cornish engine-house :)

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Manicminer
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18 years ago

"simonrl" wrote:
Is this the same design as at Dorothea?

I have never been to Dorothea, so I can't comment.

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simonrl
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18 years ago

#10

I've just Googled it, and it would appear to be.

http://www.penmorfa.com/Slate/beamengine.html

Sorry, I should have checked before asking.

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scooptram
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18 years ago

#11

the one at Dothea(?) is the same and it still has the engine in place with the boilers the only diffance would be the size depending on the cylinder size also a winding engine would have loadings (walls) at the front for the flywheel and drums :smartass:

simonrl
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18 years ago

#12

Anybody know who you need to get in touch with in order to have a look inside the Dorothea engine house? I've seen pics somewhere - possibly penmorfa.com (can't recall).

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scooptram
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18 years ago

#13

there are some photos on m.e .if you can get a trip in to the engine i would be intrested because it is a Holman engine i think i used to live next to there works when they made rock drills used them aswell! 🙂