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| Giant miner puppet walks through Cornwall | Giant miner puppet walks through Cornwall |
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| A giant puppet of a Cornish miner has taken its first steps on a 130-mile journey. | A giant puppet of a Cornish miner has taken its first steps on a 130-mile journey. |
| The 10-metre (32.8ft) Man Engine will travel the length of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site to mark the 10th anniversary Unesco heritage status. | |
| The puppet is the same height as a double decker bus when in "crawling" mode but more than twice that height when standing. | |
| It was launched in Tavistock and will reach west Cornwall on 6 August. | It was launched in Tavistock and will reach west Cornwall on 6 August. |
| More updates on the giant puppet, and other Devon and Cornwall news here | More updates on the giant puppet, and other Devon and Cornwall news here |
| The machine is the brainchild of Will Coleman, founder of Golden Tree Productions, and is named after a mechanism used to move miners up and down to working levels. | The machine is the brainchild of Will Coleman, founder of Golden Tree Productions, and is named after a mechanism used to move miners up and down to working levels. |