Shildon Engine House
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Description
Engine house of Cornish type, early C19. Attached building on east largely fallen except for tall square chimney, a stepped 6-stage stack. The building housed a steam engine manufactured by Boulton & Watt of Birmingham in 1808 and operated by the Easterby & Hall Lead Mining Company in an attempt to remove water from the mine. The shaft (now capped) next to the engine house is 715 feet (218m) deep It became disused possibly by 1817, although the lead mine continued to be operated by the Derwent Lead Mining Company until 1877. The engine house was modified around 1861 to house several families but eventually became derelict and was locally known as 'Shildon Castle'. The site was consolidated and archaeologically recorded between 2008 and 2011. The engine house is Grade II Listed (List entry Number: 1045379). Photo by Andrew Curtis, 9 January, 2018, Geograph, CC-BY-SA 2.0 -
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Link: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5647859
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