Camborne Click for location map (in pop up window)
Camborne and its neighbour Redruth were once the centre if the tin and copper mining in Cornwall, now all that is left are the shells on the engine houses which can be seen highlighted by the skyline. The rapid expansion was due largely to the invention, by a local man Richard Trevithick, of the high pressure steam engine, which allowed mine owners to mine deeper, these skills were the exported all around the world. |
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