Caption

Ruins of engine house building Wheal Ellen, Old Basset copper mine, near Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK 1960s

Date

Dec 28, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Ian Murray

Reference

BRK26A02_482

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,9Mb (2,8Mb) / 12,7in x 9,5in / 3800 x 2839 (300dpi)

Keywords

copper metal ruin building mine mining industry Europe photography decayed historic British culture rundown England industrial old Northern Europe 50s european 60s heritage vintage Cornwall copper mine engine house United Kingdom Maschinenhausbäude Ruined building structure colliery ruined historical deteriorated North Europe 1950s Sixties County Cornwall turbine house UK construction run-down Fifties 1960s powerhouse Great Britain dilapidated Britain falling apart metals ruins buildings mines industries cultures heritages copper mines engine houses Ruined buildings historically constructions Europe's historical image history image history images oldest vintage-styled marooned ramshackle derelict