An old engraving of a large Cornish beam engine used in the 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The engine was mainly used to pump excess water out of mines. A Cornish engine is a type of steam engine developed in Cornwall, England, UK. It is a beam engine that uses steam at a higher pressure than the earlier atmospheric beam engines designed by Thomas Newcomen and then James Watt. The engines were also used for winching materials into and out of the mine and for powering on-site ore stamping machinery to extract metals like copper and tin from the ore.
An old engraving of a large Cornish beam engine used in the 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The engine was mainly used to pump excess water out of mines. A Cornish engine is a type of steam engine developed in Cornwall, England, UK. It is a beam engine that uses steam at a higher pressure than the earlier atmospheric beam engines designed by Thomas Newcomen and then James Watt. Coal powered pumps were vital to the mining industry. The engines were also used for winching materials into and out of the mine and for powering on-site ore stamping machinery used to extract tin, copper and other metals.
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Location: Cornwall, England, UK
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