St Austell Bay: Charlestown Foundry waterwheel
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St Austell Bay: Charlestown Foundry waterwheel
Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 25 May 2011
Much of the foundry has been demolished in recent years to make way for new housing. This 25' diameter [from memory] high breastshot waterwheel used to power machinery in the works and has fortunately been preserved by the site's developers. Water was brought to Charleston by a leat - which still runs - several miles long, its intake near Luxulyan
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Image Location
Latitude
50.336784
Longitude
-4.762509