2014

SS7799 : Waterwheel - Aberdulais Falls

taken 10 years ago, near to Aberdulais, Neath Port Talbot/Castell-Nedd Port Talbot, Wales

Waterwheel - Aberdulais Falls
Waterwheel - Aberdulais Falls
This National Trust site generates electricity from the river by both a waterwheel and a turbine. The wheel is 8 metres diameter and weighs 16 tonnes. It was built by British Steel in 1992 and is now nearing the end of a major refurbishment that should have it generating 20 kW for the site and for grid export. The wheel is an overshot suspension wheel and drives an alternator via a gearbox. The wheel is started by using the alternator as an induction motor. The original wheel in this pit drove tinplate rolling mills.

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Geographical Context: Energy infrastructure Historic sites and artefacts Water resources Former: Works Primary Subject: Waterwheel other tags: National Trust Property Hydroelectricity Waterwheel Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Aberdulais Falls [20] · Waterwheel [6] · Built by British Steel in 1992 [2] ·
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SS7799, 171 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 21 June, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 23 June, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SS 7717 9951 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:40.8528N 3:46.6808W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SS 7716 9951
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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