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Camborne is an unincorporated place and dispersed rural community in Hamilton Township, Northumberland County in Central Ontario, Canada. [1] [3] [4] [5] It is located on County Road 18 about 6.5 km (4 mi) north of Ontario Highway 401 exit 472 and 10 km (6 mi) north of Cobourg. The village has a population of approximately 350. [citation needed]
Camborne Public Library, with Richard Trevithick's statue in front. On Christmas Eve 1801, the Puffing Devil – a steam-powered road locomotive built by Camborne engineer Richard Trevithick – made its way up Camborne Hill in Cornwall. [20] It was the world's first self-propelled passenger carrying vehicle.
Roskear is a street and area on the eastern edge of Camborne, Cornwall. In the early 1900s, the area had a tram loop [citation needed]. Roskear is known in the 2000s mostly for its cricket ground, which is located off South Roskear Terrace. The ground is built on the site of the former North Roskear Mine, and is surrounded on all sides by housing.
The local board, which usually met in the parish vestry room in Church Street, [3] was replaced by the Camborne Urban District Council in 1894. [4] In the early 20th century, the council decided to commission dedicated council offices. [5] The site they selected on Trevenson Street had, in part, been occupied by an old smithy. [6]
It is located on Trevu Road in Camborne, adjacent to a level crossing and the Railway Hotel. Platform 1 is for westbound trains to Hayle , St Erth and Penzance . There is parking alongside this platform and at the end the car park is an old railway goods shed , although it is no longer used for its original purpose. [ 2 ]
Troon (Cornish: Trewoon) [1] is a village in Cornwall, UK, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.5 kilometres) southeast of Camborne. The village lies at around 560 feet (170 m) above sea level. [2] [3] An electoral ward named Troon and Beacon covers the area north from Troon to the outskirts of Camborne. The population at the 2011 census was 5,410. [4] New ...
The Market House, also known as Camborne Town Hall, is a commercial building in Church Street in Camborne, Cornwall, England. The structure, which is currently used as a hotel and public house, is a Grade II listed building .
Camborne-Redruth is the largest urban area in Cornwall, and is on the northern side of the Carn Brea/Carnmenellis granite upland, which slopes northwards to the coast. Cutting north-south is the deeply cut valley of the Red River , which has been exploited for minerals and other industrial processes for centuries.