Redruth and Chasewater Railway, Devoran, 1900s
Redruth and Chasewater Railway near Devoran which opened in 1825 and closed in 1915. This was the former spelling of Chacewater.
cornishmemory.com
1900-1909
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_MI_048
Crossing Gate, Devoran, 1900s
The crossing gate at Devoran which is over the Redruth and Chasewater Railway at Devoran which opened in 1825 and closed in 1915. This was the former spelling of Chacewater.
cornishmemory.com
1900-1909
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_MI_047
Redruth and Chasewater Railway, Devoran, 1900s
Inside the engine repair shed at Devoran on the Redruth and Chasewater Railway which opened in 1825 and closed in 1915. This was the former spelling of Chacewater.
cornishmemory.com
1900-1909
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_MI_038
Redruth and Chasewater Railway, Devoran, 1900s
Inside the engine repair shed at Devoran on the Redruth and Chasewater Railway which opened in 1825 and closed in 1915. This was the former spelling of Chacewater.
cornishmemory.com
1900-1909
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_MI_037
Redruth and Chasewater Railway, Devoran, 1900s
Workers on the Redruth and Chasewater Railway Devoran, 1900s
cornishmemory.com
1900-1909
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_MI_036
Redruth and Chasewater Railway, Devoran, 1900s
Workers on the Redruth and Chasewater Railway at Devoran which opened in 1825 and closed in 1915. This was the former spelling of Chacewater.
cornishmemory.com
1900-1909
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_MI_035
E Rowe's Coal Stores, Devoran, 1900s
E Rowe's coal stores alongside the mineral railway line at Devoran which opened in 1825 and closed in 1915.
cornishmemory.com
1900-1909
Paddy Bradley
E Rowe coal stores
Still Image
BRA_MI_034
Basset and Grylls Mine
Cornwall Council
From the collections of <a href="http://www.helstonmuseum.co.uk">Helston Museum</a>
Large Format Negative
Still Image
HFM_6_005
Wendron
Holmans 'Airleg Holbit Combination', Troon, 1960s
Holmans Airleg Holbit Combination being demonstrated by Dick Jenkin in Holmans Test Mine, near Troon. Produced by Ted Gundry with commentary by Bob Danvers Walker. Holman Brothers Ltd of Camborne was a mining equipment manufacturer. Holman Brothers Ltd of Camborne was a mining equipment manufacturer.
1960s
The Trevithick Society
16mm Sound
Moving Image
HOL_290
Troon
The Miners of China Clay, Treviscoe, 1950s
A documentary about the China Clay industry in Cornwall, mainly from the perspective of the workers, detailing the type of work they do and the kind of hours they are required to work, as well as what they like to do in their own time.
1950s
China Clay History Society
16mm Sound
Moving Image
CCHS_01_03
Treviscoe
Tin Streaming, Tolvaddon, 1950s
Tin streaming works at Tolvaddon. The works processed tin ore from the nearby South Crofty mine.
1950s
David Jewell
9.5mm Silent
Moving Image
MISC_36_02
Tolvaddon
Surveying, Levant Mine, c1910
Surveying work at Levant Mine, Trewellard near St Just.
1910
Artists Estate
Still Image
WAT_13_309
St Just
Botallack Mine, St Just, c1900
The Crowns Engine houses at Botallack Mine near St Just. The lower engine house was built in 1835 and the upper in 1862. The workings extended out under the sea where a rich copper lode was found.
The Wrench Series
c1900
Artists Estate
Still Image
WAT_04_069
St Just
Poldice Wolfram Works, St Day, 1890s
Above ground personnel at the Poldice Wolfram works in St Day.
cornishmemory.com
1890-1899
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_18_094
St Day
Wheal Gorland, St Day, c1906
Miners at Wheal Gorland mine in St Day.
cornishmemory.com
c1906
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_18_092
St Day
Wheal Gorland, St Day, c1906
Wheal Gorland mine in St Day.
cornishmemory.com
c1906
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_18_091
St Day
Wheal Gorland, St Day, c1906
Wheal Gorland mine in St Day.
cornishmemory.com
c1906
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_18_090
St Day
Wheal Gorland, St Day, c1906
Staff gathered in front of the Wheal Gorland mine in St Day.
cornishmemory.com
c1906
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_18_089
St Day
Wheal Gorland, St Day, c1906
The headgear at the Wheal Gorland mine in St Day.
cornishmemory.com
c1906
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_18_088
St Day
Wheal Gorland, St Day, c1906
The headgear at the Wheal Gorland mine in St Day.
cornishmemory.com
c1906
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_18_087
St Day
Wheal Gorland, St Day, c1906
Sinking a shaft at Wheal Gorland mine in St Day.
cornishmemory.com
c1906
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_18_086
St Day
World of Clay 'A Portrait of an Industry', St Austell, 1960s
Extracts from a 1960s film promoting the china clay company ECC. Includes footage of their headquarters at John Keay House and Aylmer Square.
1960s
Wheal Martyn
16mm Sound
Moving Image
WMA_16
St Austell
China Stone Removal, St Dennis 1900s
Clay workers removing china stone near the village of St Dennis.
1900s
Artists Estate
Still Image
WAT_9_229
St Austell
Parkandillack Engine House, St Dennis 1930s
Parkandillick Engine House containing a pumping engine for the clay works. The engine man was Stanley Bray .
1920s
Artists Estate
Still Image
WAT_9_219
St Austell
The �Mines� Rugby Union Football Team, South Africa, c1908
South African 'Mines' Rugby Union Football Team representing the Witwatersrand area in South Africa where a number of Cornish miners went to work. The First XV was composed almost exclusively of men from the Camborne-Redruth area. The man holding the ball is''Maffer' Davey from Redruth.
cornishmemory.com
c1908
Paddy Bradley
Still Image
BRA_17_230
South Africa