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Title: Granite pillar, Carkeet Farmstead, St Cleer, Cornwall [Go to resource]
Description: These pillars were used to carry the cables that controlled the sluice gates for the waterwheel. The water was carried in an aqueduct on these granite pillars which have holes bored in them for the cable. Built to provide water to a mid-19th century farmstead. Subjects: Agriculture
Landscape
Farmstead
Pillar
Engineering And TechnologySource: English Heritage - Viewfinder Creator: Williams, P Identifier: http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... Language: en Go to resource More Like this...
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