Vestiges d'anciens, granit, roue de l'eau de l'habitation à l'exploitation minière de l'étain ou Nanjizel Mill Bay près de Lands End.

• Contributeur: John Insull / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: PXJ5KM
• Taille du fichier: 68,7 MB (6,3 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 6000 x 4000 px | 50,8 x 33,9 cm | 20 x 13,3 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 13 septembre 2018
• Lieu: Mill Bay, near Lands End, Cornwall, England.

Informations supplémentaires

These walls and a few other granite constructions are all that remain of the old tin mining site at Mill Bay or Nanjizel near Lands End in Cornwall. Several old excavations and tunnels can be found along the nearby coast path above the beach. The earliest tin mining in South West England dates from the Bronze Age c2150 BC. Open cast Tin mining was started here in the mid sixteenth century and from the end of the century the development of blasting greatly expanded production. By the nineteenth century Cornish tin was big buisness. It lasted until low prices from foreign competition made many sites no longer profitable. The coastline of Cornwall is dotted with remains from this industry as well as inland. Nature has reclaimed these sites leaving some deep shafts hidden and dangerous.

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