The waterwheel on the side of the River Irwell at Mount Sion, Radcliffe was used to pump water from a leat up into a storage reservoir. What makes it interesting is that it used parts from a Boulton and Watt Beam, but instead of a boiler and steam, waterpower operates the pumps. it is thought that the parts were from an earlier pumping engine at the Black Cat Colliery about a mile away.
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Keywords:boulton and watt, bury, lancashire, mount sion, radcliffe, manchester, water wheel, water-power
HRS 1184 Radcliffe, Mount Sion Waterwheel aerial shot 1970s
HRS 1185 Radcliffe, Mount Sion waterwheel survey 1970s
HRS 1186 Radcliffe, Mount Sion waterwheel overflow to river
HRS 1187 Radcliffe, Mount Sion waterwheel bucket detail c1970s
HRS 1188 Radcliffe, Mount Sion waterwheel axle c1970s
HRS 1189 Radcliffe, Mount Sion waterwheel 1968
HRS 1190 Radcliffe, Mount Sion waterwheel crank adjustment 1970s
HRS 1191 Radcliffe, Mount Sion waterwheel wheel chamber 1970s
HRS 1192 Radcliffe, Mount Sion waterwheel looking south
HRS 2469 Radcliffe, Mount Sion waterwheel Nov 1968 side
HRS 2468 Radcliffe, Mount Sion waterwheel 1968
HRS 2639 Radcliffe, Mount Sion 1950s
HRS 2984 Radcliffe, Mount Sion works, goit overflow 1970s
HRS 2967 Mount Sion tail race entrance under mill c1970
HRS 2968 Mount sion waterwheel Close up 1969
HRS 2969 Mount sion waterwheel good gen shot 1969
HRS 2970 Mount Sion waterwheel CU Radcliffe 1970s
HRS 2971 Mount sion waterwheel from the riverside 1969
HRS 2973 Mount Sion waterwheel Radcliffe relationship buckets to flow directors 1970s
Guestbook for Radcliffe, Mount Sion Works & Waterwheel
Martin Cowburn(non-registered)
My Great Grandfather James Cowburn moved to Eccles where his firm created a drop box motion. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=5&ved=2ahUKEwj7muu-64zoAhULKMAKHQANDGoQwqsBMAR6BAgLEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dn95rq-YcLw8&usg=AOvVaw0HzKGafoo1xQGexmY2SMkC
