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Traction Engines towing a beam for 90" cylinder engine from Grenville to South Crofty

Bill Semmens, Will Nicholls, Jim Nicholls, John Williams, B J Keast The power to work the tin Buddle was by a pony trap wheel & "bully beef" tins created the driving power when filled with water. Boys wages 7/6d per week.

Note bunches of candles being carried for work underground.

Men surveying on the surface at Levant Mine, with a theodolite.

The ruins of Levant Mine, showing Headgear engine house.

White Arsenic

Horse-drawn 'whim' or winding drum at Geevor tin mine at Pendeen, near St Just. These were commonly used in Cornwall's mines until the early 20th century when they were replaced by steam engines. Traces of the circular cobbled or flagged tracks can…

A horse and jingle (a loosely sprung, two-wheeled, roofed carriage, usually used as a hackney coach), pictured in a 12-foot pumping engine cylinder in Hayle. This was a pumping engine cylinder for the Cruquius steam pumping station in Holland, which…

Boiler being hauled to Dolcoath by 10 horses in the days before traction engines.

Ground Floor at Parkandillick showing levers and trip latches. Photo by Engish China Clay No.5198.

Pavilion in unidentified garden.

Punch and Judy: One of the earliest road shows and still a firm favourite with children. Here Mum waits with sandwiches whilst the fascinated youngsters are enchanted by Dan Bishop's show on the beach at Sennen Cove near Land's End.

Caerhays Castle, designed by architect John Nash; redesigned and rebuilt in 1807. It was originally the seat of the Trevanion family, going back to the Middle Ages.

Richards Photograph. The Ross Bridge at Wharf Road was placed in position 1881; it was second-hand railway turntable. The bridge was replaced on 9 Apr 1981. This photo shows a full rigged ship in the harbour, a steam roller and a horse and cart on…

Possibly a touched up photograph or a photograph of a drawing showing the typical 'open heart' of a Cornish kitchen in the 19th century.