Morewellham Water Wheel
by Helen Jackson
Title
Morewellham Water Wheel
Artist
Helen Jackson
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The 32 ft (9.8 m) overshot water wheel, which once powered a mill for crushing locally mined manganese situated at Morewellham Quay on the Devon bank of the river Tamar. Morewellham Quay is an historic river port which was at its peak during the Victorian era when local mines were in operation mining copper, tin and arsenic from the surrounding hills. From the port boats were loaded to transport ore down river to Plymouth where they it could be transferred to sea going vessels. The site is now an open air museum
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October 16th, 2021
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