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An engine house with a 75-inch cylinder pumping engine installed at
Marriott's shaft in 1847 pumped water from Pascoe's shaft as well as Marriott's. In 1857 a 24-inch winder was installed in close proximity. An engine house housing a 30-inch cylinder engine for both pumping and winding was built at
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Frances United in 1892 and the company amalgamated with neighbouring Wheal Basset in 1895 becoming the
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Marriott's and Pascoe's shafts. The surviving features include the derelict, roofless winding engine house to Marriott's shaft that was built in the 1890s. It is constructed of granite rubble with
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