Saturday, August 1, 2009

Water Wheel At St John's Mill

It was great to be able to visit the old mill (all refurbished these days as a charity centre) and see the restored wheel in action. A walk around the outside having drawn a blank I went in and turning left there it was. I had not realised that the wheel was inside the building. I did not know what the power was used for, thinking that it drove looms perhaps. I was wrong, it was used to hammer the woolen cloth.

There is a full write up by Rebecca Richardson of Isle of Man Newspapers here

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