Ford End Watermill - the waterwheel
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Ford End Watermill - the waterwheel
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 15 May 2016
A timber framed, weather boarded mill with an overshot wheel driving two pairs of stones. It was milling and the upper floors shook fit to loosen your fillings. This is the all metal overshot wheel. This is 11' diameter by 5' wide. The 30 metal buckets replaced oak ones in 1985. The current metal wheel replaced a wooden one in c1890. This shows the wheel on load from a window on the stone floor.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.83982
Longitude
-0.635864