Cogglesford Watermill - Great Spur Wheel
Introduction
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Cogglesford Watermill - Great Spur Wheel
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 21 Nov 2010
The large great spur wheel with two stones, the one of the left is the working pair. The stone is local (ish) millstone grit from Derbyshire, formed in the Carboniferous period from sediments worn down off the newly formed mountains Euramerica. The sediment was washed into the sea, swamping the corals from a river of Mississippian size sourced near Greenland. Anyway enough geology, the chain in front is connected to the sack hoist upstairs.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.001268
Longitude
-0.400149