Craddock Moor Mine
With an annual production of just over 2000 tons this was the smallest mine in the area that managed to yield dividends. The operation…
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Mining & industry
Mines, engine houses, working lives and the industrial landscape of east Cornwall.
Glasgow Caradon Mine
This mine lay astride the granite/killas junction to the east of Caradon Hill just north of Pensilva which at that time was called…
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Pensilva - A Brief History
The census of 1841 records only two houses in Pensilva, a farmhouse (now called Jubilee Farm and situated on Jubilee Road) is the…
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Pensilva - World Heritage Site
In 2006 Pensilva was given World Heritage status because of its uniqueness as a rapidly expanding Victorian industrial settlement much…
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South Caradon Mine
South Caradon Mine lies about half a mile from the summit of Caradon Hill, on its southern slopes and in the Caradon Mining District…
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Wheal Ludcott was located just south of the Liskeard to Callington road and was one of a group of lead mines on the eastern side of…
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This mine amalgamated with the adjacent Wheal Ludcott in 1861 after Wheal Wrey's impending closure had threatened the flooding of…
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William West
William West was part of that generation of engineers who brought the performance of the Cornish engine to its peak. He was reputed to…
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