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Botallack and Carn Praunter (Kenidjack Valley),<br />
and Levant Man-Engine Tunnel, which was the site<br />
of Cornwall’s second largest mining disaster (in<br />
terms of men lost). As always, a crucial element in<br />
the successful completion of these works was local<br />
consultation and liaison.<br />
Funding was facilitated by the Rural Development<br />
Agency and its general application was project<br />
managed by Cornwall County Council in partnership<br />
with the National Trust. The overall figure provided<br />
for the Heritage Works was just over £2,million, of<br />
which the National Trust provided around £210,000<br />
- £150,000 in actual funds and around £60,000 as<br />
‘works-in-kind’.<br />
The first stage involved the thorough decontamination<br />
of Arsenic Works (Calciner, Labyrinths, Flues<br />
& Chimney), named among the top ten Scheduled<br />
Monuments at risk, followed by the structural<br />
consolidation (including partial reconstruction)<br />
of the 1860s Dressing Floors, Stamping Engine,<br />
Crown’s Pumping Boiler House Retaining Wall,<br />
Pearce’s Whim Chimney & Lintelled-Flue, Powder<br />
56<br />
House, Counthouse Service Buildings, Wheal Cock<br />
Dry and shaft safety works on four shafts including<br />
Wheal Cock Engine Shaft. In 2004-5 safety works to<br />
a shaft that had unexpectedly opened up at Botallack<br />
Vean (National Trust Volunteer Accommodation)<br />
were undertaken and a new workshop built.<br />
As a departure from the usual consolidation of<br />
mining structures an ongoing programme of<br />
Japanese Knotweed Control was begun in the<br />
Kenidjack Valley. This invasive, water-loving plant<br />
was quickly spreading throughout the valleys -<br />
clogging the waterways, diminishing native plants<br />
and detracting from the visitor experience. As ever,<br />
the project’s success was dependent on working<br />
with all land owners (which included organisations<br />
such as South West Water) and ensuring good local<br />
community liaison.<br />
Towards the end of this phase further decontamination<br />
and consolidation works were undertaken e.g.<br />
Arsenic Works, Carn Praunter, Beach Retaining<br />
Wall, Wheal Hermon and safety works to a further<br />
fifteen shafts throughout the area.