The Great Laxey Mine
Laxey Mine is well known for "The Lady Isabella" waterwheel at the foot of Snaefell Mountain in the steep sided glen of the River Mooar.
The mine is unique due to the ingenious use of the river to supply all the plant with continuous 'free energy' is represents one of the most important sites of the industrial revolution in the British Isles.
Running for more than a mile in a north south direction from the washing floors of lower Laxey to the village of Agneash, the mine was the workplace of five hundred men.
Reaching a depth of more than three hundred fathoms, the mine produced one fifth of the total British output of zinc in the 1870’s along with a massive turnover of lead and a significant supply of copper.
Read MoreThe mine is unique due to the ingenious use of the river to supply all the plant with continuous 'free energy' is represents one of the most important sites of the industrial revolution in the British Isles.
Running for more than a mile in a north south direction from the washing floors of lower Laxey to the village of Agneash, the mine was the workplace of five hundred men.
Reaching a depth of more than three hundred fathoms, the mine produced one fifth of the total British output of zinc in the 1870’s along with a massive turnover of lead and a significant supply of copper.
