I’m standing in front of my own piece of early industrial engineering history: a reverse undershot waterwheel, widely regarded as the last surviving example of its type in Ireland. The mill probably originated in the late 18th century, and an 1805 painting shows it as a substantial four-storey structure. Internal iron columns stamped 1841 reveal that it underwent major alterations, most likely when the building was reconfigured for new industrial uses. At some point during that period the mill w
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I’m standing in front of my own piece of early industrial engineering history: a reverse undershot waterwheel, widely regarded as the last surviving example of its type in Ireland. The mill probably originated in the late 18th century, and an 1805 painting shows it as a substantial four-storey structure. Internal iron columns stamped 1841 reveal that it underwent major alterations, most likely when the building was reconfigured for new industrial uses. At some point during that period the mill w
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