The Laxey Wheel-The Lady Isabella. - Working Water Wheels on Waymarking.com

The very impressive wheel was built by Laxey native, John Casement,it's purpose was to pump water from the Laxey mines,some 200 yards away,this it did at a rate of 250 gallons a minute.
Some vital statistics for the wheel are,Diameter 72 feet,circumference 227 feet,the water was raised from the mines at an astonishing depth of 1500 feet below ground.
The mines which produced Zinc and Silver closed in 1929,but the wheel has always been a tourist attraction even before it was restored in 1965,in 1989 the wheel and the site was put under control of the Manx National Heritage.
The Laxey wheel and the mines site are a major tourist attraction,and well worth a visit,the wheel housing has on the outside a spiral staircase which can be climbed by the visitor and gives excellent views of the wheel and it's workings,the very top of the wheel can be reached from the staircase and platform.
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A good pic of the wheel showing spiral staircase.
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