{"id":446,"date":"2011-09-27T11:27:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T11:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=446"},"modified":"2011-09-27T11:27:55","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T11:27:55","slug":"cornish-mines-and-engines-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"Cornish Mines and Engines &#8211; Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>National Trust.<\/em><br \/>\nThe National Trust has several more or less working Cornish mining engines in its care.  At Pool, Cornwall, at the heart of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site, are two great beam engines, preserved in their towering engine houses. The pumping engine on the main site is one of the biggest beam engines in the world, with a 90\u201d cylinder. On the other side of the A3047 is another site, with the great beam of the Michell\u2019s Shaft winding engine poking out of the side of the engine house. Both engines can be seen in motion from time to time, driven by electric auxiliary motors.  The main site, with a museum, audio-visual, and walk-through of various buildings, has a lot to see besides the engine.<br \/>\nWhen visiting, you\u2019ll find that you can park outside the Michell engine house on an area of gravel, and later drive across the road to the far end of the Morrisons\u2019 car park and the larger site.<br \/>\nSee also \u2018Levant Mine and Beam Engine\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Trust. The National Trust has several more or less working Cornish mining engines in its care. At Pool, Cornwall, at the heart of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site, are two great beam engines, preserved in their towering engine houses. The pumping engine on the main site is one of the biggest beam engines &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=446\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cornish Mines and Engines &#8211; Pool&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,3,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}