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Re: Could...

this device be used to power a sawmill or a grainmill?

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Both locations have water wheels that are huge.

The Giant Waterwheel the Lady Isabella also known as the Laxey wheel was built in 1845 by John Casement,a native of laxey and a brilliant engineer,the Laxey wheel remains the largest working waterwheel in the world,the wheel has a diameter of 72 feet,and a circumference of 227 feet,it was used to pump water from the mine workings some 250 yards away,this it did at a rate of 250 gallons a minute,from the astonishing depth of 1500 feet below the ground.

The mines which produced Zinc and silver closed in 1929.

In 1965 the manx government bought the wheel and site,and the wheel was restored,in 1989 it was put under control of Manx National Heritage,The wheel and mines are a major tourist attraction and well worth a visit.

The location is the village of Laxey where the B11 crosses the A2 near the Electric Railway station.

The Berry College water wheel is the largest working one in the US. Constructed in 1930, the Old Mill at Berry College boasts an iron hub which had originally been of service at Hermitage, an early manufacturing community near the Shannon village between Rome and Calhoun, Georgia, and was a gift to Berry from The Republic Mining (bauxite) and Manufacturing Company. Henry Ford had the hub moved to Berry where the wheel was rebuilt.

The wooden overshot waterwheel, considered one of the largest in the world at 42 feet in diameter, was constructed by student workers. For many years, the mill was operated by Mr. Green Berry Goodson, a white-bearded miller who ground Berry-grown corn into meal and grits. Water is piped directly from Berry's reservoir lake to the wheel. Once primed, the force of gravity is strong enough to push the water up the stone column, and over the wheel, causing it to turn.

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He did the work, I just dotted the i's and cross the t's.