Water Wheel Pictures

Whipple Creek Park, Clark County Washington

2012-01-10T13:14:00.005-05:00

Whipple Creek Park in Clark County Washington, a beautiful park that has so much history to offer. There are even several remnants of a 100 yr old splash dam and saw mill still in the creek plus old for logging ditches. The forest is one that grew back naturally after a clear cutting in the early 1800's of the old growth & survived a major fire in 1904. The trees are mostly second growth but were a natural regrowth of hard woods and conifers so the place is wonderful. The trees are so large, two people can't span the trunks with their arms out.

Special thanks to Anita Will for sending in the photos and a little history about Whipple Creek Park.

Water Wheel Farm, NJ

2008-11-24T04:34:00.000-05:00

Water Wheel At Aderholdt Mill, Jacksonville Al

2008-11-21T01:28:00.000-05:00

Pughs Mill 1832

2008-11-20T04:15:00.009-05:00

Pughs Mill 1832 - Water Wheel

Water Wheel at Aberdulais

2008-11-20T04:13:00.002-05:00

Water Wheel at Aberdulais - not turning due to a lack of water from the hills.

Meadow Run Grist Mill, Monticello, Virginia

2008-10-17T14:26:00.006-04:00

This summer, we headed to Virginia to visit Monticello. We really enjoyed friends, family and good food. After eating at one of the local restaurants we found a really nice water wheel next door, so I took a few pictures of it. The inside was really nice but I didn't manage to take any pictures of it. After leaving I wish I had. Oh well, the outside pictures are really great!

A little history about this water wheel: Meadow Run Mill is part of the Michie Tavern (circa 1784) complex, moved, and reconstructed, the Meadow Run Mill, once located at Laurel Hill, Virginia.

Plans for the mill were drawn up in 1764, and construction began in 1770, but the mill structure was not completed until after the American Revolution. The mill operated until 1958. In 1974, the Meadow Run Mill was purchased and moved to this site by owners of Michie Tavern (circa1784). The addition to the left of the first floor stone foundation is a gift shop.

The mill has one of the best examples of a complete cast iron I-X-L Overshoot Water Wheels. The predates the year 1902 before the company's name was changed to the Fitz Water Wheel Company. The wheel is turned by artificial means having no natural flow of water on this site. Behind the water wheel in the wheel pit, is a device that is very much similar to the workings inside of a toilet tank. A float moves up and down in a shallow pool of water below the wheel. It allows the rising water to exit down through a value into a recirculation pump that carries the water to the top of the sluice box at the right just out of the picture.

If you ever visit Monticello definitely visit the Tavern here. They have a great dinner!

Old Water Wheel - Prague

2008-06-15T18:44:00.001-04:00

Graue Mill - Oak Brook, Illinois

2008-05-21T11:24:00.003-04:00

Frederick Graue was born in Germany, came to the United States and settled in Fullersburg, Illinois. He purchased land and began to build a waterwheel gristmill. It took five years to construct using bricks made from clay taken from the Graue farm and fired in a kiln near the site, and white oak timbers cut from a tract along the I & M canal near Lemont. The four huge one-ton buhrstones used for grinding were imported from the coast of France. The large gristmill was finished in 1852 and was used to grind the wheat, corn and other grains produced by local farmers.

The mill was a major center of economic life during the 19th century and was also used by Fred Graue to hide runaway slaves on their journey to freedom in Canada. President Abraham Lincoln reportedly visited Graue Mill during a trip from Chicago to Springfield. Three generations of the Graue family operated the mill for 60 years until modern milling methods rendered the old mill obsolete and the building was abandoned.

The building was eventually added to the properties of the DuPage County Forest Preserve District. In 1934, it was decided to restore the mill to the period of 1852-1868, the time the waterwheel was in operation. The restoration was completed in 1943 but was not maintained. In 1950, the mill property was leased to the DuPage Graue Mill Corporation, an organization formed by local residents, who repaired the waterwheel and gear system and opened the museum.

Graue Mill was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in May 1975. And in 1981 was recognized as an Illinois Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers -- the only gristmill so designated on a national or local level, representative of an important technology and era in the history of America.

Finch Foundry Sticklepath Devon, UK

2008-05-19T10:30:00.003-04:00

Finch foundry is a tourist attraction in Sticklepath Devon, UK and here we have one of the working water wheels on location. The Foundry is owned by the National Trust and they have regular demonstrations available. This water wheel is not your normal mill, rather it powers a forge to produce mining and agricultural tools for the surrounding community. Today there are three water wheels driving large tilt hammers and grindstones.

Waterwheel in the town of Okehampton, Devon UK

2008-05-18T06:29:00.006-04:00

This Old Mill is in the center of the town. It’s an early nineteenth century water mill on a medieval site where the mill building has been converted into flats. The water wheel however, has been retained.

Hopewell Waterwheel Powered Furnace National Historic Site

2008-05-17T09:14:00.000-04:00

This massive water wheel at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site provided the compressed air needed to raise the temperature of metal to its workable level.

Roloff Family Water Wheel Portland, Oregon

2008-05-17T07:13:00.000-04:00

McCord Mill Home Waco, TX

2008-05-17T06:06:00.000-04:00

Water Wheel Alexander City, AL

2008-05-17T06:04:00.000-04:00

Las Vegas Bellagio Water Wheel

2008-05-17T06:01:00.001-04:00

Las Vegas Bellagio Water Wheel

2008-05-17T06:00:00.000-04:00

Water Wheel at the Bellagio

2008-05-15T08:10:00.000-04:00

Ceder Water Wheel in Abbeville, SC

2008-05-10T07:38:00.001-04:00

6 Foot Water Wheel Fairfax, VA

2008-05-10T07:38:00.000-04:00

8 Foot Water Wheel Hendersonville, NC

2008-05-10T07:37:00.000-04:00

Aldrich Mills Waterwheel in South Hadley, MA

2008-05-06T07:36:00.000-04:00

Water Wheel Old-town Lijiang, China

2008-05-06T07:35:00.001-04:00

Broken Water Wheel Western Pennsylvania

2008-05-06T07:35:00.000-04:00

Old Jamaican Sugar Mill Montego Bay, Jamaica

2008-05-03T07:34:00.000-04:00

Waterwheel Harper's Mill Tomsawyer Island

2008-05-03T07:33:00.001-04:00

Water Wheel off McCaulley Road Nixa

2008-05-03T07:33:00.000-04:00

Harper's Mill Tomsawyer Island

2008-04-28T07:32:00.000-04:00

Water Wheel Prague

2008-04-28T07:31:00.001-04:00

Water Wheel Night Picture Prague

2008-04-28T07:31:00.000-04:00

Waterwheel Great Smoky Mountain National Park, TN

2008-04-23T07:30:00.000-04:00

Water Wheel Cedar Springs

2008-04-18T07:30:00.000-04:00

Old Water Wheel in Italy

2008-04-08T07:29:00.000-04:00

Mabry Mill - Meadows of Dan, VA

2008-04-02T07:28:00.000-04:00

Ice Frozen on Waterwheel of Mabry Mill - Meadows of Dan, VA

2008-03-27T07:27:00.000-04:00

Melingriffith Water Wheel Cardiff, Great Britain

2008-03-26T07:27:00.000-04:00

The Old Dolgoch Water Wheel Staffordshire, UK

2008-03-25T07:26:00.000-04:00

Bale Grist Mill St. Helena, CA

2008-03-24T07:21:00.000-04:00

Whites Mill Abington, VA

2008-03-20T07:21:00.000-04:00

Blowing Cave Mill Sevier County, TN

2008-03-20T07:20:00.000-04:00

Falls Mill Belvidere, TN

2008-03-17T07:20:00.000-04:00

Waterwheel Bridgewater, CT

2008-03-07T07:19:00.000-05:00

Mbouda Cameroon at the Acrest Site

2008-03-07T07:18:00.000-05:00

Indian Creek Water Wheel Caldwell, ID

2008-02-27T07:18:00.000-05:00

Moorish Water Wheel on the Guadalquivir River at Cordoba

2008-02-27T07:15:00.000-05:00

Water Wheel Orontes River Hama, Syria

2008-02-27T07:14:00.000-05:00

Bass Pro Store Independence, MO

2008-02-27T06:56:00.000-05:00

Bass Pro Store Macon, GA

2008-02-21T06:49:00.000-05:00

Tharpe Mill Ronda NC

2008-02-21T06:19:00.000-05:00

Plush Mill Retirement Center Philadelphia, PA

2008-02-21T06:15:00.000-05:00

Blackwater State Park Mill Milton, FL

2008-02-20T06:09:00.000-05:00

Guilford Mill Oak Ridge, NC

2008-01-22T06:08:00.001-05:00

Francis Mill Waynesville, NC

2008-01-22T06:08:00.000-05:00

Ragsdale Mill Homer, GA

2008-01-12T06:07:00.000-05:00

Carlson Mill House Alanta, GA

2008-01-12T06:05:00.000-05:00

Susquehanna State Park Harford County, MD

2008-01-12T06:02:00.000-05:00

Barony Mill Orkney Scotland

2008-01-10T05:59:00.000-05:00

Brewhurst Mill in Loxwood

2008-01-10T05:51:00.000-05:00

Water Wheel Jackson Mississippi

2008-01-10T05:46:00.000-05:00

Water Wheel Bourgogne Canal France

2007-12-27T07:41:00.000-05:00

Lott Grit Mill in Cleveland, Georgia

2007-12-27T07:39:00.000-05:00

House on the Rock Spring Green, WI

2007-12-27T06:18:00.000-05:00

Howards Creek Mill White Sulphur Springs, WV

2007-12-27T06:16:00.000-05:00

Trade County Mill House Trade, TN

2007-11-17T06:14:00.000-05:00