Wheal Virgin Elvan, 1780

Cornish Mine Engines (4 items).

1318. Wheal Virgin Elvan. 1780. 4 items.
Single-acting engine, with 58 inch cylinder, 9 foot stroke, chain connection.

Outside front view of the engine and part of the boiler - reverse drawing [?]; inside view of the engine and longitudinal and cross-sections of the boiler - reverse drawing; ground plan of the engine and boiler - reverse drawing [?]; plan of the working gear (also used for Wheal Virgin Eastern 56 inch engine and Old Wheal Maid 58 inch engine). None of the drawings are dated.

Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 16. Catalogue of Old Engines p. 302.

For Consolidated Mines. Wheal Virgin was part of Consolidated Mines, which was formed in 1782, when this engine was set to work. According to the List of Engines made at Soho, the engine was stopped in Sep. 1797. However it was listed as being at work in May 1798. According to Dickinson & Jenkins [p. 340], Edward Bull altered the construction of this engine by adding the 50 inch cylinder from the Wheal Maid Western engine, but by 1796 it had been restored to its original construction.