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The Crowns Engine Houses, Botallack, Cornwall, UK

The Crowns Engine Houses, Botallack, Cornwall, UK

The iconic engine houses of Botallack - the Crowns, famous for supporting the mining of the diagonal lode under the Atlantic coast of Cornwall....
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The iconic engine houses of Botallack - the Crowns, famous for supporting the mining of the diagonal lode under the Atlantic coast of Cornwall.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/11 ISO 50 Shutter 15/1 Focal Length 480/10

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Cornwall, GB

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Oct, 2020

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