Great Laxey Wheel, mineral mine hitech from 18th century

2009

Great Laxey Wheel, mineral mine hitech from 18th century

The Great Laxey Wheel. It is a pumping engine, not a mill: the wheel drove rods along a viaduct to lift water from the mine workings up to the Main Adit, which drained to the Laxey River and the sea.

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