Wheal Betsy

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Wheal Betsy , this ancient silver-lead mine on Dartmoor was re-opened in1806 and worked successfully for the next seventy years using water power until 1868, when this building was erected to house a Cornish Beam Pumping Engine. It closed in 1877.

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Size: 4000px × 6000px
Location: Devon, England
Photo credit: © Terry Mathews / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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