The large smithy workshop at Great Wheal Busy Mine, which housed the Mine Smithy, Miner's Dry and general workshops. The building is shown from the south.

Date:
1965 - 1971
Location:
Great Wheal Busy Mine, Smithy Workshop, Chacewater, Wheal Busy, Cornwall
Reference:
CIP01/71A/19
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Great Wheal Busy Mine was formerly known as Chacewater Mine, with copper and then tin being extracted at the site since the seventeenth century.

Content

This is part of the Job: CIP01/71A Cornish Industrial Archaeology Photographs 71A; within the Collection: CIP01 Cornish Industrial Archaeology Photographs

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Creator of Archive: Falconer, Keith

Keywords

Victorian Blacksmiths Workshop, Victorian Workshop