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Breastshot Wheel
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: December 7, 2014
Caption: Breastshot Wheel
Additional Description: As water drops over the wheel its momentum and weight provide power equivalent to 30 pulling drafthorses.
Close-up of diagram on marker

Submitted: December 18, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p295562
File Size: 1.630 Megabytes

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