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→‎Assembling a water wheel

* The wheel is mounted. Note the two pipes from the coils going into the axle. This method of linking the pipes to the hollow axle with a galvanised steel cross was not successful. The threads in the pipe were weak points and could not take the strain under the weight of the wheel. The axle was replaced with a single 75mm steel pipe and the water was led into it through an entry point nearer the bearing.

* A drum was mounted on an eight metre platform high above the canal. Water and air coming from the coils was led from the axle, through a simple water seal to the vertical pipe which led to the drum. This photo shows the modified  FOR A COMPLETE PHOTO SHOWING OF THE PROCESS: [http://lurkertech.com/water entry point into the axle, to one side/pump/morgan/tripod/ The story of a waterwheel.]

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