Looking up at the twin chimneys of the ruined Arsenic Calciner Furnace complex at Tolvaddon Arsenic Works in the Tolvaddon Valley. The chimney on the left was the calciner chimney, and to right is a steamer chimney.

Date:
1965 - 1971
Location:
Tolvaddon Arsenic Works, Arsenic Calciner, Camborne, Tolvaddon Valley, Cornwall
Reference:
CIP01/71B/17
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

A calciner furnace was used for high-pressure heating of tin ore in order to extract arsenic or sulphur during the process of producing purified tin. Arsenic was a common and valuable by-product of the copper and tin mining industry, and this complex is next to Tolvaddon Tin Streamworks.

Content

This is part of the Job: CIP01/71B Cornish Industrial Archaeology Photographs 71B; within the Collection: CIP01 Cornish Industrial Archaeology Photographs

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Creator of Archive: Falconer, Keith

Keywords

Post Medieval Chimney, Post Medieval Arsenic Works, Post Medieval Arsenic Calciner