Story of the Chaffcombe Water Wheel, its recovery and restoration. Click here for full historic details. From the many photos you can see what condition the wheel was in.
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- Being taken out of original position
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- Original Condition Rusty and left to rot
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- Original Condition before restoration
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- In need of TLC. !
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- It was below ground
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- Some of the machinery exposed
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- More rust!
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- See the restored version!
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- rust
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- cleaned and painted parts
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- Water wheel
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- digging out new site
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- wheel in position
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- my lovely waterwheel
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- new paintwork
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- before
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- after
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- The renewed wheel, replaced parts.
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- Sluice erected at the pond cachment
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- Sluice
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- Working
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- In full working order.
