Northgate in Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Cornish Walking Beam Engine
Photographed by Craig Baker, August 23, 2024
1. Cornish Walking Beam Engine Marker
Built in Cornwall, England, in the late 1830s, this walking beam engine was sold to the Vaucluse Gold Mine, located in Orange County, VA, where it powered the mine's ore crushing stamp mill and other machines until just before the Civil War. The mine was reopened after the war and sporadically functioned until the mid-1920s. Henry Ford purchased the property and in 1930 rescued the rusted beam engine, taking it to his Deerfield Village museum in Dearborn, MI. The Ford museum deaccessioned the engine in 1983 and transferred it to WMMI, which placed it here on exhibit in 1987. Cornish engines could be found in western mining operations throughout the nineteenth century. 1983.3
Photo: This 1929 photograph shows the beam engine as it appeared when Henry Ford purchased the mine property.
Erected by Western Museum of Mining & Industry.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.
Location. 39° 1.57′ N, 104° 49.72′ W. Marker is in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County. It is in Northgate. It can be reached from North
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Regionally, this marker is in Colorado’s Front Range and in Pikes Peak Region. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comancherνa.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Osgood Steam Shovel (within shouting distance of this marker); The Vietnam War (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named The Vietnam War (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Korean War (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named The Vietnam War (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Cold War Begins (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Persian Gulf War (approx. 1.2 miles away); World War II (approx. 1.2 miles away).
Photographed by Craig Baker, August 23, 2024
2. Cornish Walking Beam Engine and Marker
Photographed by Craig Baker, August 23, 2024
3. Cornish Walking Beam Engine
This photo is on the marker.
Photographed by Craig Baker, August 23, 2024
4. Sign at Driveway
Credits. This page was last revised on August 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2024, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 169 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 25, 2024, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.
