TOP 10 RAILWAY AND INDUSTRIAL SITES IN CORNWALL
1 Bodmin & Wenford Railway – The surviving section of Cornwall’s first public steam line, the Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, opened in 1844.
2 East Pool Mine (National Trust) – Two beam engines preserved by Cornish Engines Preservation Society (CEPS), one pumping and one winding.
3 Levant Mine & Steam Engine (National Trust) – 1840 winding engine, the first preserved by CEPS and restored by Trevithick Society volunteers.
4 Trevithick’s Cottage (National Trust) – Penponds, Camborne. One room only open on a restricted basis.
5 Geevor Tin Mine Museum – One of the largest mining sites in the UK.
6 King Edward Mine Museum – Former site for Camborne School of Mines, showing the full range of mineral processing.
7 Hayle Heritage Centre – Housed on the site of Harvey & Company, builders of Cornish Engines and Boilers. Henry Harvey was Trevithick’s brother-in- law.
8 Heartlands, Robinson’s Shaft, South Crofty – Robinson’s 80in beam engine on site.
9 Poldark Mine – 18th-century tin mine, underground tour and preserved beam engine.
10 Wheal Martyn China Clay Works – Open-air museum for Cornwall’s largest surviving mining industry. Includes the 1899-built 4ft 6in gauge Lee Moor Tramway’s Peckett 0-4-0ST No.1.