Old wheel pit, CB smelt mill
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Old wheel pit, CB smelt mill
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 10 Oct 2010
The remains of a wheel pit at CB mill. This was the site for a 33ft diameter water wheel which supplied power to the bellows forcing air into the furnaces of the adjacent smelting rooms.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.425851
Longitude
-2.005823