Botallack Mine

 

Power house equipment being unloaded
Photo: W. E. Sevier Collection

Machinery about to go into the powerhouse.  Power for electrical equipment from here was distributed about the site on bare copper wires, only insulated in the shafts.  Although a good deal of money was spent on this equipment it was made redundant in 1911 when the mains supply arrived from the Hayle power station.