Alton Watermill - Pit Wheel and Wallower
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Alton Watermill - Pit Wheel and Wallower
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 9 Sep 2010
The horizontal and larger cog is the pit wheel, this is connected to the waterwheel. This turns the wallower on the main central shaft. See some other pit wheels in East Anglia. Image] Image] Image] Image] Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
52.18264
Longitude
0.991628