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Title: Lumbutts, Todmorden - HPC00112
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Title
Lumbutts, Todmorden - HPC00112
Description
In about 1830 a series of four dams was constructed above the Fieldens’ Lumbutts Mill to feed a new water-wheel tower. This striking industrial monument housed three wheels, one vertically above the other, in an ingenious piece of engineering that has been attributed to William Fairbairn. Each of the overshot wheels was 30 feet in diameter and 6 feet wide. The water from the top dam fell a distance of 90 feet inside the tower and was joined by additional water from the other dams to generate in excess of 53 horse power when using the full supply of 18 tons of water per minute. Adjoining the 98-foot-high tower is a chimney housing a spiral staircase.
Text from: Calderdale Architecture and History.
Ref: CD60
Photo taken c1985.
Text from: Calderdale Architecture and History.
Ref: CD60
Photo taken c1985.
Creator
Harry Pogson
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
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Rights
PHDA - Harry Pogson Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HPC00112.tif
Collection
Citation
Harry Pogson, “Lumbutts, Todmorden - HPC00112,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 20, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7545.
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