Greenfield Valley Heritage Park - Abbey Mill
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The photograph on this page of Greenfield Valley Heritage Park - Abbey Mill by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Greenfield Valley Heritage Park - Abbey Mill
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 8 Feb 2014
Former water powered wire mill. The water wheel is modern and generates a small amount of 'green' electricity for use on site. You can see from the size of the rusty old launder that the pit once contained a much larger wheel. The configuration clearly shows the wheel to be overshot.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.286781
Longitude
-3.210933