Wheal Kitty | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
Wheal Kitty is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located about half a mile north east of St Agnes on the Goonlaze Downs plateau. It contains the headquarters of Surfers Against Sewage.
The village was noted for the Wheal Kitty Mine with a depth of some 180 fathoms. In ancient times tin was mined in the area. [1] The mine reopened in the 1830s, mining tin and copper ore but was closed in 1842 before reopening ten years later. [1] Two Cornish engine houses and four stacks remain with a 65-inch beam engine constructed by the Perran Foundry in 1852 and installed here in 1910. It pumped water from Sara's Shaft and was reported to be some 950 feet deep. [2] It employed about 220 people in 1914 and closed in 1930. [3]
Wheal Kitty | |
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Location within
Cornwall | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
Wheal Kitty is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located about half a mile north east of St Agnes on the Goonlaze Downs plateau. It contains the headquarters of Surfers Against Sewage.
The village was noted for the Wheal Kitty Mine with a depth of some 180 fathoms. In ancient times tin was mined in the area. [1] The mine reopened in the 1830s, mining tin and copper ore but was closed in 1842 before reopening ten years later. [1] Two Cornish engine houses and four stacks remain with a 65-inch beam engine constructed by the Perran Foundry in 1852 and installed here in 1910. It pumped water from Sara's Shaft and was reported to be some 950 feet deep. [2] It employed about 220 people in 1914 and closed in 1930. [3]