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Ground Source Review: The Dry, Mount Wellington Mine

Ground Source Review: The Dry, Mount Wellington Mine

Ground Source Review: The Dry, Mount Wellington Mine July 14, 2016 Home to Kensa Heat Pumps since their relocation in 2007, Mount Wellington Mine in Truro, Cornwall, is undergoing an extensive ongoing regeneration programme to bring a new renewable lease of life to the historic site. The latest project in Mount Wellington Mine’s redevelopment is the refurbishment of a 1970’s building known as ‘The Dry’, which was recently completed with the installation of a Kensa ground source heat pump.The old ‘Dry’ was originally where mine workers showered and changed before and after shifts. Cornish mines were traditionally powered by steam engines and the name ‘The Dry’ allegedly refers to the hot steam pipes that provided a place where miners could dry out the clothes that they wore whilst undergrou

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