Held at:

Private collection

Reference:

LD_rs_0001

Source:

Original document

Title:

Photograph of Pontys Mill

Place name:

Longtown

Date:

1997

Description:

Close up photograph of the crown wheel at Pontys Mill, showing the two bevel gears and their lay shafts, which could be engaged or disengaged independently using wooden levers. The use of a double crown wheel with two concentric gears is unusual, but allowed the miller a lot of flexibility in controlling the different pieces of machinery driven from each lay shaft.

Observations:

None

 


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