Rock Crusher Station/Ore Bin Approximately 30 Metres West Of Pump Engine House To Marriott'S Shaft On South Wheal Frances Sett is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Ore bin.
Rock Crusher Station/Ore Bin Approximately 30 Metres West Of Pump Engine House To Marriott'S Shaft On South Wheal Frances Sett
- WRENN ID
- scattered-basalt-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Type
- Ore bin
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CARN BREA PIECE SW 63 NE 8/156 Rock crusher station/ore bin approx. 30 metres west of pump engine house to Marriott's shaft on South Wheal Frances sett
GV II Base of rock-crusher and ore bin to former tin mine, now derelict. Late 1890's, for South Frances United Mine. Large granite rubble facing to solid core. Rectangular plan on north-south axis. High structure with sloped west side, stepped east side with an inverted V-shaped hollow. History: built to receive ore carried from headgear of shaft by elevated railway, the crushed ore stored in hoppers before carriage to West Basset stamps at Carnkie (q.v.). Reference: Palmer & Neaverson op.cit. Part of a very impressive group of remains of one of the best equipped mines in Cornwall, closed in 1918.
Listing NGR: SW6801539371
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