Friday 17 August 2018

Stamping House No. 2

Eylesbarrow


After extraction, ore-bearing rock was crushed in a stamping mill to separate the tin-rich mineral from the "gangue". The ore was hand-picked on a sorting floor, mostly by women and children, for smelting. There were six stamping mills and two furnaces at Eylesbarrow. The end wall of Stamping House 2 is best preserved. More on that tomorrow...


Sony ILCE-7RM2
Samyang 14 mm F2.8
f16 ISO 100
5 stop HDR.