Thwaite Mill, the large waterwheel

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Thwaite Mill, the large waterwheel by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.

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Thwaite Mill, the large waterwheel

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 6 Sep 2015

More specifically this is the gear train used to speed up the shaft drives, but the wheel can be seen through the arch.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
53.776199
Longitude
-1.504078