Wheal Betsy mine Dartmoor
Stock photograph of a ruined stone building with a tall leaning chimney which used to house a beam engine used to pump water from the Wheal Betsy mine workings. The building is set against the background of open moorland . The roofless building is a relic from when the mining of tin copper and arsenic needed for the industrial revolution made West Devon and the Tamar Valley the richest region in the world.
Size: 5130px × 3420px
Photo credit: © afin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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