Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1892 — THE LARGEST WATER WHEEL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE LARGEST WATER WHEEL

Deed to Pump Water at Laxey, on the Isle of Man. The largest water wheel ever constructed. says the Scientific American, is at Laxey, on the Isle of Man, where it is used to pump water in working a lead and silver mine. The wheel is 72 feet 6 inches in diameter,

6 feet in breadth, has a crank stroke of 10 feet and develops 150 horsepower. It operates a system of pumps raising 250 gallons of water per minute, the lift being 1,200 feet. The water used in turning the wheel is brought in an underground conduit, and is carried up the tower by pressure. The wheel has been in continued operation for. forty years.