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Engine House Killifreth (Hawke's Shaft)

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Engine House Killifreth (Hawke's Shaft)
Engine House Killifreth (Hawke's Shaft). Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Killifreth Mine was a mine near Chacewater in Cornwall, England, producing at various periods copper, tin and arsenic. The engine house over Hawke's Shaft is a Grade II listed building; it has the tallest surviving chimney in Cornwall.

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