Waterwheel - Aberdulais Falls

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Waterwheel - Aberdulais Falls

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 21 Jun 2014

This National Trust site generates electricity from the river by both a waterwheel and a turbine. The wheel is 8 metres diameter and weighs 16 tonnes. It was built by British Steel in 1992 and is now nearing the end of a major refurbishment that should have it generating 20 kW for the site and for grid export. The wheel is an overshot suspension wheel and drives an alternator via a gearbox. The wheel is started by using the alternator as an induction motor. The original wheel in this pit drove tinplate rolling mills.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.68088
Longitude
-3.778014