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| HER Number: | MDV70494 |
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| Name: | East Wheal Luscombe water engine, Gulworthy |
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Summary
Site of an overshot water engine in Impham Valley built by the Tavistock Canal Company in the 1820s to power a set of flat-rods up the hill to Luscombe Engine Shaft (MDV70432).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 439 712 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Gulworthy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAVISTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/531/9
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) BUILDING? (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
- WATER WHEEL (Constructed, XIX - 1821 AD to 1822 AD (Between))
Full description
BUCK, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219466.
Site of a square building shown on the os (1884) map on the leat which may have been the site of a c19 stamping or crushing mill. The survey in 2003 found the platform of the building but no surface remains (buck).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV267930.
Des=buck, c.(cornwall archaeological unit)/bedford united mine: archaeological assessment/(2003)106+figs 8,24/cau report no 2003ro43 site 148 in smr.
Waterhouse, R., 2017, The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology, 206, Fig 6.59 (Monograph). SDV361789.
Site of an overshot water engine in Impham Valley built by the Tavistock Canal Company in the 1820s to power a set of flat-rods up the hill to Luscombe Engine Shaft (for further detail, see related records).
Author located the site of this water engine in the marshy bottom of the Impham Valley, although there is little to see on the ground now.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219466 | Migrated Record: BUCK. |
| SDV267930 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV361789 | Monograph: Waterhouse, R.. 2017. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. The Tavistock Canal. Its History and Archaeology. Paperback Volume. 206, Fig 6.59. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV3887 | Part of: Luscombe Mine (Monument) |
| MDV22886 | Part of: Wheal Russell Mine, Gulworthy (Monument) |
| MDV70432 | Related to: Luscombe Engine Shaft, Gulworthy (Monument) |
| MDV124301 | Related to: The Wheal Tamar Leat (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 13 2018 11:34AM |
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