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Title: Tolgus Tin Streaming Works, Redruth, Cornwall [Go to resource]
Description: The tin-bearing material, cassiterite, needs to be crushed in order to extract it from the rock in which it is found. This set of Cornish Stamps was used to pulverise the ore and would have been common in much of the Southwest, although they are now scarce. Subjects: Machinery
Stamps
Tin Works
IndustrySource: English Heritage - Viewfinder Creator: Williams, P Identifier: http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... Language: en Go to resource More Like this...
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