Michell’s Engine House

Michell’s Engine House is a museum in Carn Brea, Cornwall, England which is located on Agar Road. Michell’s Engine House is situated nearby to the historic site Chimney, as well as near East Pool Mine.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pool Methodist Church and East Pool mine.

Pool Methodist Church

Church

Photo: Paul Barnett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pool Methodist Church is situated 400 feet west of Michell’s Engine House.

East Pool mine

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Pool mine, was a metalliferous mine in the Camborne and Redruth mining area, just east of the village of Pool in Cornwall. Worked from the early 18th century until 1945, first for copper and later tin, it was very profitable for much of its life. East Pool mine is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Michell’s Engine House.

St Illogan’s Church

Church

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Illogan’s Church is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Michell’s Engine House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pool and Illogan Highway.

Pool

Village

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pool is a village in Carn Brea civil parish in west Cornwall, England. It is bypassed by the A30, on the A3047 between Camborne and Redruth, between Tuckingmill and Illogan Highway.

Illogan Highway

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Illogan Highway is a village on the A30 main road west of Redruth in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of Carn Brea. Thomas Merritt, who composed several Christmas carols, including "Hark the Glad Sound!

Broad Lane

Hamlet

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broad Lane is a hamlet in the civil parish of Carn Brea near Illogan in Cornwall, England, UK. The current Methodist chapel of Broad Lane was built in 1887.

Michell’s Engine House

Type: Museum
Address: Agar Road, Redruth, TR15 3EE
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Carn Brea, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.22803° or 50° 13′ 41″ north

Longitude

-5.26465° or 5° 15′ 53″ west

Operator

National Trust

Open location code

9C2P6PHP+64

OpenStreetMap ID

way 390468231

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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