Mining Exchange- Redruth Cornwall UK
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N 50° 13.968 W 005° 13.615
30U E 341183 N 5566887
The Mining Exchange Redruth, a place for trading and exchanging Copper and Tin.
Waymark Code: WM10KVC
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/24/2019
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Grade 2 listed building, was constructed in the 1880's at a cost of some £5000.00 and is understood to have been designed by a local architect.
The building has been built using local granite a red brick and limestone facings.
It is interesting to read that
Mining Captains caught swearing inside the exchange would be fined and money paid to the local hospital and
The Exchange was built and used during the prosperous times when local Cornish banks flourished.
The Redruth Mining exchange was in constant contact with the London Stock Exchange and was conveyed by telegraph, a new innovation at the time. It would also follow having the time station and line very close by, telegraph line following the rail track.
Name: Redruth mining exchange
Address:
The Mining Exchange
Alma Place
Redruth
Country: United Kingdom
Is this exchange still active at this location: no
Activity Period: 1800
URL: Not listed
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