Bunbury Mill - gearing

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The photograph on this page of Bunbury Mill - gearing by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.

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Bunbury Mill - gearing

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 24 Jun 2012

The waterwheel shaft enters horizontally from the left and carries the cast iron pit wheel that turn the iron wallower. The wallow and iron great spur wheel are carried on the single storey wooden vertical shaft. The bracket on the top right was part of a drive from a long since disappeared auxiliary steam engine drive.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.118086
Longitude
-2.639595