Wheel pits at Stanley Mills
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Wheel pits at Stanley Mills
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 21 Jun 2013
Here were housed the waterwheels that powered the cotton mills, using water diverted through a tunnel under the peninsula on which the mills stand. Later the wheels were replaced by water turbines.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.479122
Longitude
-3.440556