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unusual facts about water wheel



Fletcher's Canal

Between 1752 and 1756, James Brindley devised a method of pumping water from the nearby Wet Earth Colliery using power harnessed from the River Irwell via a water wheel.

Neepsend

The 18th century brought the first industrial development for the area when the Sandbed Wheel of the Sandbed Tilt Company was constructed on the Don just upstream from Hillfoot Bridge.

Roman engineering

Twelve kilometers north of Arles, at Barbegal, near Fontvieille, where the aqueduct arrived at a steep hill, the aqueduct fed a series of parallel water wheels to power a flourmill.

Sagebien wheel

The Sagebien wheel is a type of water wheel invented by Alphonse Sagebien of France.


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Henry Burden

Henry Burden (April 22, 1791 – January 19, 1871) was an engineer and businessman who built an industrial complex in Troy, New York called the Burden Iron Works that featured the most powerful water wheel in the world.

Spiral tube water wheel

A good example of a spiral tube water wheel can be found on the Rock Farm Estate in Belize, where 25 gallons of water a minute are pumped from Roaring Creek by a wheel that has been there for several years.