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I know this engine house has been photographed dozens of times before, but I'm afraid I find it irresistible. So I thought I'd try it from a different angle. This is the Towanroath Shaft engine house on the side of the cliffs in between St Agnes and Chapel Porth on the north coast of Cornwall. It is part of the Wheal Coates mine complex.
Earliest records indicate a mine at the site since 1692. The present mine opened in 1802 and came into full production in 1815. At the height of its production, 140 people were employed at the site to mine a seam of tin just below sea level. It closed for the first time in 1844 and was allowed by the owners to flood.
A new owner re-opened the mine in 1872 and built the Towanroath Shaft engine house to allow deep mining to commence. The engine house was used to pump water from the adjacent shaft which was 600 feet deep - well below sea level.
The mine closed again in 1889 when the price of tin fell. In 1906, new ownership hoped to work the mine for both tin and copper as Wheal Coates had produced a small amount of copper ore more than a century earlier. The period of operation from 1911-1913 was not very successful because tin production was sporadic and the mining boom was long gone. The mine closed for good in 1914.
Most of the mine buildings, which are Grade II-listed and from the 1870s, are on the top of the cliff out of shot. These, plus the Towanroath engine house, are preserved and maintained by the National Trust.
Sources: various, including Wikipedia
Subject: A couple embrace, as they face an uncertain world.
Medium: Digital Artwork.
Inspiration: "We must go beyond arrogance of human rights.
We must go beyond the ignorance of civil rights.
We must step into the reality of natural rights.
Because all of the natural world has a right to existence.
We are only a small part of it.
There can be NO tradeoff."
John Trudell, Native American, Author, Poet, Musician, Activist 1946-2015
*Thank you Willow Rose for the inspiration!
Saw this today out on one of the ponds on Bookham Common - got the bike out today for the first time for ages .
The Common is a National Trust area - a link to the NT page for more info !!
I went past this spot and there was a duck walking on water - on my way back there was still a duck walking on water ( same one or not , I do not Know ) ,so a shot was order of the day .
Please view large to check out her expression !!
“All of life is a trust fall, and I'm awakening to the thrill, rather than the fear, of being suspended midair.”
― Leigh Ann Henion, Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer's Search for Wonder in the Natural World
Too many bottles of this wine we can't pronounce
Too many bowls of that green no Lucky Charms
The maids come around too much
Parents ain't around enough
Too many joyrides in daddy's Jaguar
Too many white lies and white lines
Start my day up on the roof
There's nothing like this type of view
Point the clicker at the tube
I prefer expensive news
New car new girl
New ice new glass
New watch good times babe
It's good times yeah
“Harlan gazed at Noÿs and his thoughts wound tightly about her. What would she”
― Isaac Asimov "The End of Eternity"
Music: Vangelis - Ask the Mountains
Really pleased to be features in the Scottish Wildlife Trust Video
www.facebook.com/scottishwildlifetrust/videos/31733208627...
There's something very sexy about being submisive,
Because your guard is down,
you have totally surrender to something like that.
Song: Earned it
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
Each individual Zebra has unique markings, like fingerprints in humans. It is said that newborn Zebra stay close to the mother to imprint her patterns.
In contrast to many marsh birds that are very leery of human visitors, this Sora was very adventurous and completely ignored us. That provided the opportunity to observe and photograph it at close range.
Seen at Celery Fields, Florida.