"Duke of Cornwall" Engine House ...

The "Duke of Cornwall" Engine House is located in Fryerstown along the Chewton Road and is on private property. Thus it can only be viewed from the road. It was erected in 1869 by R. L. M. Kitto for the Australian United Gold Mining Company and was subsequently owned and operated by the Rowe family of Fryerstown (formally of Camborne, Cornwall). It was modelled on the engine houses of the tin mines of Cornwall, however it was used to extract gold. Cornish miners were predominant on the Fryers Creek gold fields.

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