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Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
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Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

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Rank: 1001 UNESCO
Wonder Type: Cultural
Country: United Kingdom
Best of: Mine
Description:
Much of the landscape of Cornwall and West Devon was transformed in the 18th and early 19th centuries as a result of the rapid growth of pioneering copper and tin mining. Its deep underground mines, engine houses, foundries, new towns, smallholdings, ports and harbours, and their ancillary industries together reflect prolific innovation which, in the early 19th century, enabled the region to produce two-thirds of the world’s supply of copper. The substantial remains are a testimony to the contribution Cornwall and West Devon made to the Industrial Revolution in the rest of Britain and to the fundamental influence the area had on the mining world at large. Cornish technology embodied in engines, engine houses and mining equipment was exported around the world. Cornwall and West Devon were the heartland from which mining technology rapidly spread. [More Details]
This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.