Laxey Big Wheel, Largest Water Wheel in the World
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| The Big Wheel, erected in 1854 to pump water from local lead mines, makes 2½ revolutions per minute. It has 192 buckets, each lifting 250 gallons from a depth of 1,800 feet. With a circumference of 228 feet, a diameter of 72½ feet, and a width of 6 feet, its enormous 17-foot axle weighs over ten tons. |
