Mopoke Gully Water Wheel ruins, Blanket Gully Rd, Yapeen, VIC, Australia
Posted by: 
blingg
S 37° 07.337 E 144° 12.510
55H E 251994 N 5887914
The remains of a waterwheel used to drive ore crushers
Waymark Code: WMY3ZN
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 04/16/2018
Views: 4
The Mopoke Gully water wheel was built for the Bendigo and Fryers Mining Company in the 1850's and operated until the 1900's.The Water Wheel had a diameter of 60feet (20m )with a gear of 40ft in diameter that drove a ten head stamper. The remains consist of the abutments which were built into the hillside and differs from the Garfield Wheel (WMK0NA) that was built above the ground.
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 15591
Place File No: 2/06/102/0007
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: 1850's
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