Wellesbourne Watermill - Technical Details

Technical Details

The internal wheel is breastshot and is unusual in that it carries three sets of clasp arms around the timber axle. It measures 17 feet diameter and 6 feet wide. An 8 foot iron pit wheel is driven off the wheel axle and meshes with an iron wallower of 3 feet 2 inches. The spur wheel measures 7 feet 4 inches and drives two stone nuts of 18 inch diameter.

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