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Waterwheel Plaque
Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 2, 2012
Caption: Waterwheel Plaque
Additional Description: This is the rim of an undershot water wheel used to power the arrastra at the Maple Mine near Dedrick. It is 15’ 9” in diameter, with 91 cups, handmade at the mine about 1919 by William N. “Billy” Clarke. 4 large boulders were drug around in a tub to crush the ore. One of the boulders is beside the lawn near the ore car.
Submitted: June 6, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p206635
File Size: 2.761 Megabytes

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