Cornwall - Engine houses / Mine Buildings
Crown Engine Houses - 3 (S12)
There are two engine houses at the Crowns.
The lower house was built in 1835 to house a 30-inch pumping engine built by Harvey and Co. of Hayle
to serve the Crowns Engine shaft .
The upper house contained a Pearce’s all-enclosed 24-inch winding engine (1862) to hoist from
the Boscawen diagonal shaft . A shaft angled at 32 degrees with wheeled wagons running on rails.
The Botallack mine closed for a second time on March 14th, 1914. , having originally closed in 1895.
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Location - North of St Just in section - 12
Ref: 583
Date: 22/11/2014
Location: SW 3621.3333