Cornish engine
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A Cornish engine is a type of steam engine developed in Cornwall, England, mainly for pumping water from a mine. It is a form of beam engine that uses steam at a higher pressure than the earlier engin
The pumping station at Cruquius in the Netherlands, showing the beams of the pumping engine emerging from the supporting wall
Section, circa 1877
One of the preserved engine houses at Pool, housing a 30-inch engine
Valve rod of engine at London Museum of Water & Steam
East Pool mine
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East Pool mine, was a metalliferous mine in the Camborne and Redruth mining area, just east of the village of Pool in Cornwall. Worked from the early 18th century until 1945, first for copper and late
The engine house and stack at Taylor's Shaft
A train hauled by a Camborne & Redruth tram locomotive