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15 Walk back to
the railway, turning right just before you reach the line. On the platform
the wooden building (above) dates from Brunel's linking of the
West Cornwall Railway to the Truro line and is similar to other GWR buildings
of the 1850s. The footbridge dates from 1888. above the station, on the
slope behind, is the chimney stack of the Pedn-an-Drea Mine. It was originally
about twice as tall (l20ft), the highest in Cornwall, built in eight stages
in 1824. The mine was worked for most of the 18th and 19th centuries,
producing copper, tin, lead and arsenic. As well as the stack and engine
houses there were several smithies, a crucible works and a brick-making
works. The stack dominated the town. It served a 70-inch single cylinder
engine for draining the mine. It stands as an eloquent reminder of Redruth's
story.
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