Images Dated 2016 May

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1893

The Man Engine at 234 fathoms level below adit, in 1893. The man engine went down to the 314 fathom level. Miners can be seen standing on the steps of the engine rod while others stand on solars or platforms fixed in the shaft at intervals of 12 feet. The man engine made 5 strokes a minute, thus enabling men to ride up or down 60 feet a minute. Ordinary ladders were fixed alongside the man engine or against the footwall of the lode. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

© From the collection of the RIC

Outer harbour, Mevagissey, Cornwall. 1909

The outer harbour with boats both moored and under way. Two men are walking up the slipway whilst another man holds the boat they have just left steady. One man is rowing out into the outer harbour. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

© From the collection of the RIC

Cornish, Lighthouse, Wall, Water

Portmellon, Mevagissey, Cornwall. 5th June 1909

Interior shot of the machinery in Kings net making works being operated by a man and a woman. In the 1980s the building was known as The Flats, behind the Rising Sun Inn. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

© From the collection of the RIC

Cornish, Netting