Lady Isabella by bossnass
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'Lady Isabella' Water Wheel, reputed to be the largest in the world, and still turning to demonstrate itspower. It was designed by a local engineer and was constructed in 1854 to pump water from the flooding mines. The wheel has its a diameter of 72 1/2 feet and its circumference of 228 feet contains 168 buckets to drive the Wheel. The miners were able to go deeper in search of the valuable ores and by 1875 the Laxey Mines were the leading producer of zinc ore in the British Isles,
Laxey Isle of Man
above text is taken form www.isleofman.com
Comments (2)
aangus
Interesting shot. Looks just like a fairground wheel ... (can you hear the buckets of water going weeeeeeeee?) Good angle and explanation.
ratto
Really interesting :)