Cornwall - Engine houses / Mine Buildings
Boswedden Mine - Wheel Pit (S12)
The wheel pit for Boswedden Mine (Wheal Call) was built around 1865 to accommodate a waterwheel
of 52 feet (15.8 m) , which pumped Engine and Praze Shafts at the bottom of the Kenidjack valley .
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In 1837 the Wheal Call ‘Great Wheel’ was the second largest in Britain at 65 feet diameter.
As the streams could run low Steam Powered Stamps ( to crush the ore ) and Pumps were
eventually set up to keep the mines working.
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Location - West of St Just / North of Cape Cornwall in section - 12
Ref: 3802
Date: 08/08/2016
Location: SW 3558 3237