Levant Mine and Beam Engine
- Levant Mine and Beam Engine
Levant Mine & Beam Engine is a working steam-powered beam engine situated in Trewellard, Pendeen, near St Just, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, and a National Trust property.
ee also
*Man engine for an account of the accident in the mine on 20 October 1919.
*Geevor Tin Mine, just to the south-east of the Levant complex.
External links
* [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-levantmineandbeamengine/ Levant Mine & Beam Engine information at the National Trust]
* [http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='levant') Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Levant]
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