Redruth Click for location map (in pop up window)
Redruth and its neighbour Camborne were the centre of the copper and tin mining area of Cornwall, which expanded rapidly due largely to the invention of the high pressure steam engine by Richard Trevithick Today almost all are finally shut, but some of the old engines house can been seen often haunting the skyline. |
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