| ID: | SDV337788 |
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| Title: | Waterwheel at Umberleigh Barton, Atherington, Devon |
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| Originator: | Watts, M. |
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| Date: | 2002 |
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| Summary: | A good example of a 19th century farmwheel installed to drive barn machinery including a threshing machine and millstones for grinding animal feed. The 4.88 metre diameter wheel is located below floor level in an extension added to an existing barn. Power was taken from the wheel via a ring gear bolted to the shrouds on the west side of the wheel. |
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Associated Monuments (1)
| MDV65870 | Waterwheel, Umberleigh Barton, Atherington (Monument) |
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