Keywords: "Elaborate technical wheel" is of course the Laxey Wheel, Isle of Man (28289508994).jpg We continue today on the magical mystery tour of the Mason catalogue An Elaborate technical wheel possibly hydro electric generator figures ascending a spiral staircase no less - shouldn't be too hard to identify And indeed many immediately recognised this as the https //en wikipedia org/wiki/Laxey_Wheel Laxey Wheel on the Isle of Man Built in the 1850s it was designed to pump water from the Laxey mine - and is now something of a symbol of the island Photographer Thomas H Mason Collection http //catalogue nli ie/Collection/vtls000029624 Mason Photographic Collection Date Circa 1890 - 1910 NLI Ref http //catalogue nli ie/Record/vtls000543225 M50/18 You can also view this image and many thousands of others on the NLI ™s catalogue at http //catalogue nli ie catalogue nli ie https //www flickr com/photos/nlireland/28289508994/ Elaborate technical wheel is of course the Laxey Wheel Isle of Man https //www flickr com/people/47290943 N03 National Library of Ireland on The Commons http //www nli ie/en/flickr-commons aspx National Library of Ireland on The Commons Flickr Commons 54 238651 -4 407438 source Flickr Flickr-no known copyright restrictions PD-Old PD-1996 National Library of Ireland on The Commons https //flickr com/photos/47290943 N03/28289508994 2016-08-12 12 50 38 No known copyright restrictions Laxey Wheel Images from the National Library of Ireland |