Marriott’s Shaft complex. Area: A5

Steve Hartgroves © Cornwall Council

BRITISH NGR: SW 68058 39374 (centre), Lat/Long: 50°12' 31" N - 05° 15' 07" W (centre)

This extensive range of buildings was erected following a fire which destroyed the 80 inch pumping engine at Marriott’s Shaft in 1895. The central building housed an innovative 40 and 80 inch inverted compound beam engine, one of only a few ever erected.