The Cornish Beam Engine (1834) was originally developed to pump out floodwater from the deep mines that are found in Cornwall. The up and down motion of the piston in the cylinder is transmitted ...

Object Details Description (Brief) The Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts produced this “Cornish Beam Engine” from 1888 until 1894. The engine consisted of a firebox and boiler ...

In 1874, the Prestongrange Coal and Iron Company bought this second-hand steam-powered Cornish Beam Engine to tackle the problem of flooding. This machine had already worked at four different ...

The Boulton and Watt steam engine, originally installed in 1812, is the oldest working beam engine in the world. It is one of two Cornish beam engines, located at the steam-powered pumping station, ...

In July 1865, the Prince and Princess of Wales, later known as King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, descended into the depths ...

In 1904 a Cornish beam engine was installed on site to replace the waterwheels (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Nature has reclaimed the old Talysarn village (Getty Images/iStockphoto) ...

Among the sights to take in is a towering Cornish ‘beam engine’, a type of steam engine which would have replaced the old water wheels powering the old mills.

A decision was taken in 1904 to install a Cornish beam engine to replace waterwheels at the quarry. The engine's remains can still be found in the village of Talysarn.