The Crowns in Fog
by Terri Waters
Title
The Crowns in Fog
Artist
Terri Waters
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Photograph
Description
A fishing boat coming home past The Crowns in the fog.
The Crowns are two gloriously located engine houses near the village of Botallack in the south west of Cornwall close to Land's End.
Botallack is a very remarkable mine. It is situated right on the edge of weather beaten cliffs near St Just in Cornwall, demonstrating the determination and ingenuity of its builders, particularly as the mine extends half a mile out to sea.
The scenic location, the precarious closeness to the sea and the two well preserved engine houses, makes the mine the most photographed in Penwith.
The two engine houses on this section "The Crowns" were renovated in 1984 by the Carn Brea Mining Society.
The mines were worked from 1815 until the outbreak of the first world war in 1914. They produced 22,465 tons Copper, 14,888 tons Tin and 1,525 tons of Arsenic.
The upper winding house served the Boscawen Diagonal Shaft, this allowed access to the undersea rich sections of the mine. In April 1863 this was the site of an accident when the chain attached to the gig used for hauling men broke on its way to the surface, eight men and a boy lost their lives. In 1874 the area was abandoned when the ores were worked out. The lower engine house contained a 36" Pumping engine which worked from 1835-1895 draining this section of the mine.
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October 18th, 2012
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