Shepherd's Wheel, Sheffield
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Shepherd's Wheel, Sheffield
Image: © Nick Morris Taken: 2 Apr 2015
Shepherd Wheel is a working museum in a former water-powered grinding workshop situated on the Porter Brook in the south-west of the City of Sheffield, England. One of the earliest wheels on the River Porter, it is one of the few remaining—and effectively complete—examples of this kind of enterprise, one that used to be commonplace in the Sheffield area. Its 5.5 m (18 ft) diameter overshot water wheel is powered from a large dam stocked with water diverted from the Porter Brook. The workshops, dam, goit and weir are Grade II listed, and the site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Wikipedia contributors, "Shepherd Wheel," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shepherd_Wheel&oldid=652735260 (accessed April 14, 2015).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.364497
Longitude
-1.524497