Engine Collection

Levant mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. Late 1800s
View of the Levant mine, looking towards Pendeen, before the building of the lighthouse. An old beam winding house can be seen in the centre foreground. Photographer: Unknown

Levant mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 1890s
A group of boys in front of a of set of 32 visible Cornish stamps heads which are being driven by a rotative beam engine. There would have probably been 64 heads in complete set

Tywarnhayle Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Around 1907
Three miners next to the centrifugal pump shaft. This was the first electric pump in Cornwall. Photographer: Unknown

Bugle Railway Station, Bugle, Cornwall. Probably before 1910
A general view of Bugle Railway Station. A train is in the station and loaded wagons belonging to T.J. Sharp & Co. can be seen in the goods yard. Photographer: Unknown

Botallack mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 1903
Surveying at surface. Photographer: Unknown

Steam train outside Newquay station, Cornwall. Around 1925
Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill, was well known in Cornwall and elsewhere during the 1920s and 1930s for his presentations of stills

East Pool Mine, Illogan Cornwall. 1900-1909
Surface view of East Pool mine works, from East Pool stamps. Photographer: John Charles Burrow or Herbert Hughes

Waterfall outside Waterfall Gardens, Truro, Cornwall. Probably around 1910
A group of women and children stand beside the waterfall outside Waterfall Gardens with the new Carvedras Viaduct in the background

Victoria Gardens, Truro, Cornwall. Probably around 1910
The Bandstand in Victoria Gardens with the new Carvedras Viaduct in the background. The all stone structure replaced Isambard Kingdom Brunels original timber fanned viaduct in 1902

The village and beach, Porthtowan, Cornwall. Probably early to mid 1900s
A view of Porthtowan village and beach looking west from East Cliff. People are making their way across the dunes, some with motor bikes, and a tennis court is laid out in the field on the far side

The Tobban Horse, Porthtowan, Cornwall. Probably after 1927
A view of the Tobban Horse rock before the landward side collapsed in the 1960s. Some mining headgear can be seen on the far cliff

A view of the beach and village, Porthtowan, Cornwall. Probably 1940s
A general view of Porthtowan beach and village from the Eastcliff side. Photographer: Unknown

Levant mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 1911
Distant coastal view of Levant mine. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

Drilling Work, River Fowey, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. May 1992
A train loaded with clay wagons on the Lostwithiel to Fowey branch line, as drilling work progresses to determine the strength of the river bed alongside Pill Walk. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

Firefighters, Lostwithiel Community Fire Station, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. May 1995
Firefighters of Lostwithiel at their newly opened fire station. From left to right: Jeff Cook, Peter Rowe, Jason Doney, Peter Ashwin, Station Officer Vic May, Clive Massy, Tony Keast

Penweathers Viaduct, near Truro, Cornwall. Before October 1926
A train passing over Brunels original timber and stone viaduct at Penweathers. This viaduct was replaced by an embankment that opened on 12th October 1926. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

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