Two of the buddles at Tolvaddon Tin Streamworks, shallow inclined containers in which tin ore was mechanically washed. Engines drove large rotating paddles in the buddles to move the ore and water.

Date:: 1965 - 1971

Location:: Tolvaddon Tin Streamworks, Camborne, Tolvaddon Valley, Cornwall

Reference:: CIP01/71B/20

Type:: Photograph (Print)

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Description

The exact location of the buddles within the greater streamworks complex is not known.

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 Streamworks, Post Medieval Buddle