2011

SP0468 : Forge Mill Needle Museum - waterwheel

taken 12 years ago, near to Redditch, Worcestershire, England

Forge Mill Needle Museum - waterwheel
Forge Mill Needle Museum - waterwheel
A 37 horsepower overshot waterwheel. the header tank carries the name - Edward White, Engineer, Redditch. The wheel drives scouring runners on two floors of the building to the right and also drives the barrelling shop. This ran until 1958 and had a major rebuild in 1980.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Industry other tags: Waterwheel Museum Needle Mill Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Building [12] · Needle Scouring [11] · Scouring Runners [4] ·
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Photographer
Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 5 November, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 5 November, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 0458 6854 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:18.8969N 1:56.0542W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 0458 6854
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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