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In message <[log in to unmask]>, Peter Claughton <[log in to unmask]> writes > >The Knap Down (Combe Martin) is largely intact but not readily accessible to >the public. It was built on sloping ground so the lower cylinder was below >ground level at the rear of the house and the structure was no much higher >than a standard house. Photos. and sketch plans in Exmoor's Industrial >Archaeology. > Hi Peter, Thanks for the information. Certainly the photograph of the ruined engine-house does not make it look particularly tall. However, what we have seen of the foundations so far of the engine-house is positively small. Possibly, all we can see is the lower cylinder hole, but I would have expected signs of other wall foundations. I don't have a copy of Exmoor's Industrial Archaeology, is it possible I could scrounge a photocopy of the relevant pages? >The only other Sims house I have examined in detail is that later converted >to a single cylinder on the summit section of the Kennet and Avon Canal >(it's name currently escapes me) - where the bed-stone is still in situ. >The engine at Gourt copper mine, near Molland, in north Devon was a Sims but >it was an all-indoor engine evidently mounted on a frame. I shall bear this in mind for a possible visit sometime. Cheers > >_____________________________________________ -- David Williams Visit www.pdmhs.com for information on the Peak District Mines Historical Society