Cornwall's World Heritage bid and the beam engine.

Authors :: Cocks, Anisley
Johnson, Nicholas
Source :: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer; Sep2005, Vol. 158 Issue 3, p243-248, 6p
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: Following the submission in January 2005 of The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape to UNESCO for World Heritage Site status, this paper addresses briefly the contribution which the steam beam engine made to the Industrial Revolution through the development of mining in southwest Britain and elsewhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: WORLD Heritage Sites
HISTORIC sites
LANDSCAPE architecture
MINERAL industries
INDUSTRIAL revolution

Language :: English
ISSN :: 09650903
Volume :: 158
Issue :: 3
Database :: Complementary Index
Journal :: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 19120499
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2005.158.3.243