Ben Salter's photos with the keyword: waterwheel

Volunteers

21 Sep 2010 129
It's tea break for the volunteers at Claverton Pumping Station

The waterwheel

21 Sep 2010 117
The widest working waterwheel in the country.

Ratio

21 Sep 2010 107
Gears transferring power from the waterwheel to the beam engine.

Between the wheels

21 Sep 2010 112
Looking through the gap halfway along the 25ft wide waterwheel.

Tool bench

21 Sep 2010 111
A collection of useful bits and pieces here.

Old and new

21 Sep 2010 121
The small electric pump in the foreground now does the job of the waterwheel powered pumps in the building beyond.

The beams

21 Sep 2010 101
Above the water powered beam engine.

Claverton Pump

21 Sep 2010 91
The building houses a 25ft wide waterwheel and beam engine that was used to pump water from the river Avon up to the Kennet and Avon canal.

Water Power

15 Nov 2009 77
Except there was no water?

Maritime Museum #1

20 Aug 2007 74
The waterwheel at the Industrial & Maritime museum that once stood in Cardiff Bay where Mermaid Quay is today. [?]