Ben Salter's photos with the keyword: waterwheel

Volunteers

Volunteers

Ben Salter
21 Sep 2010 121
It's tea break for the volunteers at Claverton Pumping Station
The waterwheel

The waterwheel

Ben Salter
21 Sep 2010 103
The widest working waterwheel in the country.
Ratio

Ratio

Ben Salter
21 Sep 2010 97
Gears transferring power from the waterwheel to the beam engine.
Between the wheels

Between the wheels

Ben Salter
21 Sep 2010 98
Looking through the gap halfway along the 25ft wide waterwheel.
Tool bench

Tool bench

Ben Salter
21 Sep 2010 101
A collection of useful bits and pieces here.
Old and new

Old and new

Ben Salter
21 Sep 2010 111
The small electric pump in the foreground now does the job of the waterwheel powered pumps in the building beyond.
The beams

The beams

Ben Salter
21 Sep 2010 93
Above the water powered beam engine.
Claverton Pump

Claverton Pump

Ben Salter
21 Sep 2010 83
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

Water Power

Ben Salter
15 Nov 2009 68
Except there was no water?
Maritime Museum #1

Maritime Museum #1

Ben Salter
20 Aug 2007 63
The waterwheel at the Industrial & Maritime museum that once stood in Cardiff Bay where Mermaid Quay is today. [?]