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Interior. View looking along tailrace with grille in place.
DP 035615
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Interior. View looking along remains of wooden launder, small driven gear to left of image.
DP 035622
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Interior. Detail view of square axle of waterwheel, remians of drum boards visible and bearing block to right of image.
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View looking SW of elevation of roofless NE range on right. Access to waterwheel pit against wall in middle of image.
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Interior. Waterwheel pit. View of J Borland of RCAHMS undertaking graphic survey.
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Interior. Waterwheel pit. View of J Borland of RCAHMS undertaking graphic survey. The small driven gear visible.
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Interior. Waterwheel pit. View of J Borland of RCAHMS undertaking graphic survey. Measuring the waterwheel.
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Interior. Waterwheel pit. View of J Borland of RCAHMS undertaking graphic survey. Measuring the waterwheel.
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Interior. Detail of inside surface of waterwheel shroud. Note the cast slots in the wheel rim which took the wooden buckets and the rim spur gear wtith the driven gear above. The remains of the drum boards are visible.
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Interior. View of where flaunch/ hub and arms meet.
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Interior. View looking up below rim spur gear and cast-iron wheel rim. Note the spokes of a flat belt drive pulley wheel located in the adjacent building (NE range).
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View of SW elevation of NE roofless range showing access to waterwheel pit and slot in wall for lever to operate water regulator in launder (below ground).
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Interior. Waterwheel pit. View of J Borland of RCAHMS undertaking graphic survey.
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Interior. Waterwheel pit. View of J Borland of RCAHMS undertaking graphic survey.
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Interior. Waterwheel pit. View of J Borland of RCAHMS undertaking graphic survey.
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View of interior of N elevation of NE range, detail of flat belt pulley wheel driven straight from the waterwheel small driven gear and rim gear. This pulley wheel would have been attached to the pulley wheel mounted above (see DP 035646).
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Interior. View looking up below rim spur gear with small driven gear above. This suggests that a threshing machine was driven by this wheel and its trnsmiision via the flat belt pulley wheel just visible.
DP 035620
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Interior. View of blocked opening in exterior wall of NE range at the tail race end of the pit.
DP 035627
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Interior. Detail of inside surface of wheel shroud. Note the cast slots in the wheel rim ,which held the wooden buckets, and the rim gear.The remains of the drum boards are visible.
DP 035616
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Interior. View looking along remains of wooden launder, small driven gear to left of image.
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View of overhead shafting to belt wheel below. Mounted on the interior wall of the NE range operated by the subterranean waterwheel.
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View of overhead shafting to water-driven flat belt pulley wheel below.
DP 035646
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Interior. View of enclosed wheelpit looking towards launder. Note the rim gearing on the waterwheel.
DP 035611
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Interior. View of axle as it enters adjacent building (NE range).
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