The Overshot Waterwheel of the Watermill at Ford End, Ivinghoe
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Overshot Waterwheel of the Watermill at Ford End, Ivinghoe by Chris Reynolds as part of the Geograph project.
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The Overshot Waterwheel of the Watermill at Ford End, Ivinghoe
Image: © Chris Reynolds Taken: 13 Apr 2009
The overshot wheel has a cast iron axle and spokes and is 11 feet in diameter and five feet wide. Because the wheel is not in continuous use the 30 oak buckets only had a short life (due to repeatedly getting wet and then drying out) and have been replaced with metal buckets. For more information see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.839824
Longitude
-0.636154