Water wheels

Connected Sites: 15

A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of free-flowing or falling water into useful forms of power. A water wheel consists of a large wooden or metal wheel, with a number of blades or buckets arranged on the outside rim forming the driving surface. (wiki) Only complete and functioning water wheels are part of this connection.

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Connected Sites

New Lanark
New Lanark
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 2001
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Mill Number Four ... In 1990 A Waterwheel Was Brought From Hole Mill Farm, Fife, And Installed On The Site Of The Mill. (Wiki) - The Ten Original Water Wheels, Which Drove The Mills, Were Gradually Replaced By Three Water Turbines
See Www.Newlanark.Org
Engelsberg Ironworks
Inscribed: 1993
2.41
109
11
Rammelsberg and Goslar
Inscribed: 1992
3.18
237
11
"The Water Which For Hundreds Of Years Set The Four Underground Driving Wheels In Motion. Three Of These Waterwheels Can Still Today Be Seen In Their Original Locations"
See Www.Rammelsberg.De
Old Town of Lijiang
Inscribed: 1997
3.53
156
11
Lijiang's Large Water Wheel At Main Entrance Is One Of The Landmarks Of The Town
See Www.Redflag.Info
Derwent Valley Mills
Derwent Valley Mills
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 2001
2.39
159
12
Water Wheel In Cromford (Appears To Be Within The Inscribed Area But Not The Original Location!). There Is Also A Small Water Wheel At Slinter Cottage But This May Not Be Working Yet.
See List.English-Heritage.Org.Uk
Vlkolinec
Vlkolinec
Slovakia
Inscribed: 1993
2.85
172
11
Falun Great Copper Mountain
Inscribed: 2001
2.83
112
9
Two Around The Big Pit
Hani Rice Terraces
Inscribed: 2013
3.54
45
4
Water Powered Mills (For Grinding Grain), And Water-Operated Tilt Hammers (For Hulling Rice) Are Found In Most Valleys (Ab Ev)
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Inscribed: 2006
3.10
210
11
At Morwellham Quay
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Heritage of Mercury
Heritage of Mercury
Slovenia, Spain
Inscribed: 2012
2.67
178
8
Kamst Water Wheel In Idrija, The "Biggest Still Preserved Wooden Water Wheel Of This Type In Europe"
See Www.Visit-Idrija.Si
Karlskrona
Inscribed: 1998
2.15
137
6
Crown Mill In Lyckeby
See Www.Orlogsstadenkarlskrona.Se
Salzburg
Salzburg
Austria
Inscribed: 1996
3.75
605
17
At The Stift St. Peter Bakery
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
Inscribed: 2021
2.81
119
6
At The Dinorewic Museum. 15.4 M In Diameter. The Largest In Britain
Cordoba
Cordoba
Spain
Inscribed: 1984
4.18
483
9
Molino De La Albolafia
See Www.Turismodecordoba.Org
Schwerin Residence Ensemble
Inscribed: 2024
2.83
108
4
Grinding Mill At The Park