Wheal Busy

former Cornish tin mine located on the Tregothnan Estate, ruins include the former forge, engine and boiler houses. 

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tin mine, building complex, United Kingdom, 

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Location: 50.258, -5.174, ///soap.covenants.machine, KML, Maps

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tin mine – United Kingdom – 

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Frameless

A Cornish Mining Walk - geograph.org.uk - 588567

A Cornish Mining Walk - geograph.org.uk - 588959

A Cornish Mining Walk - geograph.org.uk - 589223

Brunton Calciner - geograph.org.uk - 588921

Brunton Calciner - geograph.org.uk - 588931

Brunton calciner at Wheal Busy

Flooded pit at Wheal Busy mine - geograph.org.uk - 1335285

Mining remains at Wheal Busy - geograph.org.uk - 588831

Old Mine Buildings at Wheal Busy

Old mine buildings at Wheal Busy - geograph.org.uk - 36051

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
bunker		St Austel Restormel Borough Emergency Centre	civil defense center		Wikidata
bunker		Truro Cornwall County Emergency Centre	civil defense center		Wikidata
bunker		Truro Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters	bunker		Wikidata
mine		Great Condurrow Mine	copper mine, tin mine		Wikidata
mine		Mulberry Downs Quarry	quarry		Wikidata
mine		Poldark Mine	tin mine		Wikidata
mine		Rosemanowes Quarry	quarry		Wikidata
mine	1870	South Terras mine	Site of Special Scientific Interest, abandoned mine		Wikidata
mine		Wheal Jane	tin mine		Wikidata
mine		Wheal Trewavas	copper mine		Wikidata
museum		Camborne School Of Mines Geological Museum And Art Gallery	mining museum, art gallery		Wikidata
museum		Cornish Mines and Engines	mining museum, industrial heritage site, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		East Pool mine	mining museum, mine, business, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		King Edward Mine	mine, mining museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		Poldark Mine & Open Air Museum	mining museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		Wheal Martyn	country park, mining museum, university museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
tunnel		Perran Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
tunnel		Redruth Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
tunnel		Sparnick Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
tunnel		Toldish Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
image	2007	A Cornish Mining Walk - geograph.org.uk - 588567			Wikimedia
image	2007	A Cornish Mining Walk - geograph.org.uk - 588959			Wikimedia
image	2007	A Cornish Mining Walk - geograph.org.uk - 589223			Wikimedia
image	2007	Brunton Calciner - geograph.org.uk - 588921			Wikimedia
image	2007	Brunton Calciner - geograph.org.uk - 588931			Wikimedia
image	2007	Brunton calciner at Wheal Busy			Wikimedia
image	2009	Flooded pit at Wheal Busy mine - geograph.org.uk - 1335285			Wikimedia
image	2007	Mining remains at Wheal Busy - geograph.org.uk - 588831			Wikimedia
image	2008	Old Mine Buildings at Wheal Busy			Wikimedia
image	2005	Old mine buildings at Wheal Busy - geograph.org.uk - 36051			Wikimedia

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