Water Wheels

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Water Wheels by Jay Pea as part of the Geograph project.

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Water Wheels

Image: © Jay Pea Taken: 7 May 2021

A pair of water wheels, the larger of the pair drove the coupling rods to the edge of the pit several hundred yards up the hillside to pump China Clay slurry down to Wheal Martyn for processing.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.365629
Longitude
-4.808765