Garfield Water Wheel Base, Chewton, VIC, Australia
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blingg
S 37° 04.333 E 144° 15.566
55H E 256360 N 5893601
The foundations of the southern hemisphere's largest water wheel
Waymark Code: WMY4ER
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 04/19/2018
Views: 4
Garfield water wheel base, one mile from Chewton, comprises the stone base of the water wheel, all that is now left of the seventy-two feet diameter wheel erected in 1887 for the Madame Garfield Gold Mining Co. The wheel was removed in 1904. The timber wheel had 222 buckets that powered a 23 head stamper and was overshot in arrangement, being supplied by an elevated timber flume with water from the Expedition Pass Reservoir.
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 4250
Place File No: 2/06/100/0004
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: 1887
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