2009
X4698 : Engine house at Tankardstown Copper Mine
taken 16 years ago, 3 km from Bunmahon, Co Waterford, Ireland
Engine house at Tankardstown Copper Mine
The mine at Tankardstown was built in the 1850s and closed in the 1870s when the profitable seams ran out. The ore was sorted at Bunmahon before being shipped to Swansea for smelting.
After the mines closed many of the mining families emigrated to the copper mines in America.
After the mines closed many of the mining families emigrated to the copper mines in America.
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- Grid Square
- X4698, 12 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- John M (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 22 June, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 1 August, 2009
- Subject Location
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Irish:
X 462 986 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:8.3074N 7:19.4962W - Camera Location
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Irish: X 462 987
- View Direction
- East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
