Nova Scotia - Page 18

Visited a Woollen Mill in Barrington dating back to the 1800 which operated until the 1960's

Plenty of water to drive the machinery

Very early settlement

Wooden paddles were used on the actual horizontal water wheel

These cast gears transferred the energy to the mechanism which drove the machinery

Belts then drove all the machinery

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