Lean's Engine Reporter. (where can I view)

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stuey
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14 years ago

Folks,

Following a moderately vigorous perusal of the interweb, I have been unable to find any reference to where I may view copies of Lean's Engine Reporter.

I had been discussing with a chap that I had found a shaft we are looking at investigating had a 60" engine on it and another had a bull engine on it. He said "That's nothing, the one down the valley had a 90" cylinder and was doing 12 strokes a minute".

I'd like to have a good old peruse.

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Tamarmole
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14 years ago

Check out the Cornwall record office website - type "engine recorder" into the search engine - it brings up a nummber of entries under TL/108. These appear to be later volumes.

stuey
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14 years ago

Thanks. My particular interest is around the first half of the 19th cent.

What would be good is if someone could write a summary of what engines stood where and for how long. Some of the reports I read in "matey's" book (the name escapes me) mentioned peculiars of the shaft which may aid exploring. I haven't asked at the CSL. I would have thought at some point they would have been bound into fat volumes.

Cheers, Stu

Tamarmole
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14 years ago

I assume the early ones must be around somewhere - if nothing else I think Bradford Barton quotes from them in his Cornish Beam Engine.

CSL would be a good bet.

Let us know how you get on

agricola
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14 years ago

There are some in the Cornish Studies Library in Redruth and a smaller selection in the Record Office in Truro.

However I also have more or less complete copy of all Leans Engine Reporter from 1813-1904 in digital form. If the name of the engine and mine could be supplied, I could dig out the data from my database if this would help.

If it can't be grown it has to be mined.

stuey
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14 years ago

Pretty much everything which is on the County Adit. Particularly, Squire, Ting Tang, United (all) Consols (all) Poldice, Unity, Unity Wood, Creegbrawse, North Downs (all), Damsel, Jewel, Tresavean (not on county adit).

That's what I'm particularly interested in, still.

agricola
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14 years ago

I think that there is some records for most of the mines listed. There is some records for Ting Tang, A fairly good set for United and Consols to 1851, some records for Poldice, Unity Wood and North Downs. Don't remember seeing any records for Creegbrawse. There are also incomplete records for Damsel and Jewel. None for Gorland and some early ones for Tresavean. :smartass:

I dig them out when I get the chance. :thumbup:

If it can't be grown it has to be mined.

stuey
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14 years ago

It might be safe to assume that Creegbrawse was drained by Poldice. An unanswered question that I'd like to get to the bottom of is "

The shaft known as Williams aka Twin Tub shaft had an engine house, which was moved to Magor's Shaft (Wheal Bush section of Unity Wood) where it still stands. This isn't mentioned by Dines and I assume it was known as something else.

If I recall correctly, Unity had 3 engines, a 60" on Todpool Shaft, something on the Trefusis lode, possibly Broad's Shaft and the other, which will be the alias of William's Shaft. Obviously the names swapped around a fair bit.

Anyway....... off on a tangent there!

agricola
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14 years ago

I'll see what can be done. I'll email your good self with the info when I find it. :thumbsup:

If it can't be grown it has to be mined.

stuey
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14 years ago

#10

That reminds me, I have that explosives book for you.

Graigfawr
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14 years ago

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For an excellent summary of the various engine reporters who published their results, and for a list of what copies survive and where, consult the following booklet: B.Howard "Mr.Lean and the Engine reporters", Trevithick Society, 2002, 102pp.

agricola
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14 years ago

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I have a copy of this excellent book. The list of locations is also good, and I have found a couple more locations not mentioned. There are a couple of copies of the Cornish Engine Reporter (Browne's) to be found in CRO. However they do not contain any info relating to mines this side of Truro, mainly St Austell.

The best and probably most complete set especially the early ones is to befound in the Cornish Studies Library, I know as I have copied them !

If it can't be grown it has to be mined.

ICLOK
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14 years ago

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"Graigfawr" wrote:
For an excellent summary of the various engine reporters who published their results, and for a list of what copies survive and where, consult the following booklet: B.Howard "Mr.Lean and the Engine reporters", Trevithick Society, 2002, 102pp.

Available new at Tormark Books for a Fiver!!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!

Alasdair Neill
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14 years ago

#14

The newspaper index on the Exeter University Mining History Network includes all index of mines listed in LER (I used microfilms at Truro and Redruth libraries, not very complete in later years).