2014
SO3298 : Old Grit engine house
taken 9 years ago, near to Shelve, Shropshire, England
Old Grit engine house
This is part of the White Grit Mine known as Old Grit. This single wall is next to an open stone-lined shaft and is believed to be the remains of the engine house containing a 1783 Boulton & Watt beam engine with a 30" x 8' cylinder. The mine was allegedly worked out by 1785 and the engine was dismantled in 1786 and taken for re-use.
The mine was re-opened in 1825 with new shafts and new engine houses being built.
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