Gearwheels in the corn mill, Little Salkeld
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Gearwheels in the corn mill, Little Salkeld
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 31 Oct 2006
The gear system transforms the slow rotation in a vertical plane of the water wheel to the much faster rotation in a horizontal plane of the millstone, with power also taken off for other processes (although electric motors are now used for some of these).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.71622
Longitude
-2.675218