Gallery 14 - Perranporth to Portreath
Wheal Friendly and Polberro / Engine Houses
A Telephoto view of the Engine Houses - from the footpath to peterville - just off the coast path.
Two of the many engine houses / chimneys around St Agnes.
Wheal Friendly (West Kitty) on the left and Polberro (Turnavore Shaft)
Polberro Mine was extremely rich, and produced some of the purest tin found in the world.
Large crystals of tin (known as diamond tin) were mined here.
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Date: 06/10/2017
Location: SW 7220 5104