Cornish coast near Rinsey
This shot was taken during our first visit to Cornwall in 2021, after the pandemic restrictions were partially relaxed. Pictured on the right is the old engine house for the tin mine known as Wheal Prosper. Despite its name Wheal Prosper was not a hugely succesful mine, working for only six years between 1860-1866. It was intended to mine tin and copper from the Porthcew Lode.
The engine house is dramatically situated on the cliff tops of Rinsey over-looking Rinsey Cove and Porthcew Beach three miles from Porthleven in the south-west of Cornwall. Built of granite and killas slate taken from the local clifftops this engine house was home to a 30-inch pump. There were three shafts the most notable of which is the now capped Michell's Whim shaft measuring an estimated 420 feet in depth. The site has been under the stewardship of the National Trust since 1969.
In the far distance can be seen Penzance with Mousehole on the left.
Cornish coast near Rinsey
This shot was taken during our first visit to Cornwall in 2021, after the pandemic restrictions were partially relaxed. Pictured on the right is the old engine house for the tin mine known as Wheal Prosper. Despite its name Wheal Prosper was not a hugely succesful mine, working for only six years between 1860-1866. It was intended to mine tin and copper from the Porthcew Lode.
The engine house is dramatically situated on the cliff tops of Rinsey over-looking Rinsey Cove and Porthcew Beach three miles from Porthleven in the south-west of Cornwall. Built of granite and killas slate taken from the local clifftops this engine house was home to a 30-inch pump. There were three shafts the most notable of which is the now capped Michell's Whim shaft measuring an estimated 420 feet in depth. The site has been under the stewardship of the National Trust since 1969.
In the far distance can be seen Penzance with Mousehole on the left.