The Laxey Wheel drives a driveshaft and this rocker. The rocker is connected to a pumping rod, so the water would be pumped out of the mine below. The mine closed in the early 20th Century.
This wheel spent decades outside the Isle of Man, but it was returned not so long ago and installed on the original position. Here the ore from the mine was cleaned and sorted.
Isle of Man 2013 – Water tower for the Laxey Mine…
Originally a gas street lamp column (cast by Gelling's Foundry) in Douglas. Later it would be converted to electricity, in 2009 it was converted to water use.
This wheel spent decades outside the Isle of Man, but it was returned not so long ago and installed on the original position. Here the ore from the mine was cleaned and sorted.
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