2006

NY5635 : Gearwheels in the corn mill, Little Salkeld

taken 17 years ago, near to Little Salkeld, Cumbria, England

Gearwheels in the corn mill, Little Salkeld
Gearwheels in the corn mill, Little Salkeld
The gear system transforms the slow rotation in a vertical plane of the water wheel to the much faster rotation in a horizontal plane of the millstone, with power also taken off for other processes (although electric motors are now used for some of these).

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Category: Machinery
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Little Salkeld Mill [17] · Little Salkeld Corn Mill [7] · Water Wheels [7] · Millstone [3] ·
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NY5635, 36 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Humphrey Bolton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 31 October, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 17 November, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 566 359 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:42.9732N 2:40.5131W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 566 359
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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