Hi
I took overview pic of engine house at N Herodsfoot in 1967 if thats the one
you interested in. Also my very basic site notes at the time say that the
shaft was actually inside the engine house. I would send pic but system
won't let me. House gone now I think.
Doug
On 29 April 2010 13:54, Robert Waterhouse
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> Dear Ali,
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> Its on the northern mine, in the valley bottom, at about SX 2130 6040. I
> haven't seen much written about the site, as most authors don't pay any
> attention to the Herodsfoot mines. I'm only going on the shape of the
> house, which is long and thin. The AMR section shows that it wasn't very
> tall (only two storeys), and appears not to have had its beam projecting out
> of the house. It looks as if it was internal - rather like the Levant Whim.
> Beyond this, I'm uncertain, but it looks like the earlier type of engine
> house which appears on the Tavistock Pennies of 1811 for instance, and on
> watercolours of the S Tamar engine house of c.1780.
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> Robert
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> > Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:25:14 +0000
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Beam Engine House Plans
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Which part of Herodsfoot was this on?
> >
> > I assume you have done a literature search, all the documentary evidence
> I have come across points to Herodsfoot only using water power prior to the
> 1840's when the first steam pumping engine was put in. Of course this
> doesn't rule out an engine being used at an earlier date, & there may be
> something in newspapers prior to that date.
> >
> > Alasdair Neill.
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