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
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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