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The beam engine at the Virgin Gorda copper mine is the oldest surviving Cornish beam engine in the world. The engine and beam were manufactured by the Perran Foundry, Cornwall, in 1836 and brought to the site in 1840 having previously worked at a mine in Cornwall. The beam is now located on the beach in Handsome Bay, Virgin Gorda.
The most notable ruin on Virgin Gorda is the old Copper Mine. One of the great harbors of the world, North Sound, and historically Gorda Sound, lies at the northeast end of the island. It is bordered by four islands and connecting reef systems that keep the sound calm, creating one of the world's great watersports meccas, with over 3,000 acres ...
Spanish Town on Virgin Gorda, also known as "The Valley", is the second largest settlement and the original capital of the territory. [8] Virgin Gorda was mined for copper in the 17th through 19th centuries but declined when the mine closed in 1867.
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Some sources suggest that the first settlements in the Virgin Islands were by the Spanish, who mined copper at the copper mine on Virgin Gorda. No archaeological evidence supports any settlement by the Spanish in the islands, nor any mining of copper on Virgin Gorda prior to the 19th century."Our History". Government of the Virgin Islands
Spanish Town was originally settled by Cornish miners, and ruins of the chimney, boiler house, cistern, and mine shafts can be seen. This is now part of the Copper Mine National Park. It served as capital of the territory from 1680 until 1741, [1] when the government moved their offices to Road Town. [2]
Virgin Gorda: In 1631, the Dutch West India Company expressed an interest in the copper which had been found at Copper Mine, Virgin Gorda, and a settlement was set up on that island, which came to be known as "Little Dyk's" (now known as Little Dix). Tottola: In 1640, Spain attacked Tortola in an assault led by Captain Lopez.
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