Upper portion of a vertical wooden shaft with 3 iron bands

Made:
circa 1750 in unknown

Upper portion of a vertical wooden shaft with 3 iron bands, gudgeon and plummer block at the top, and at the bottom, 3 iron bands, gudgeon and foot-step bearing in cast iron socket with 4 set screws supported on part of a horizontal wooden beam all from a watermill, c. 1750

Details

Category:
Mechanical Power Transmission
Object Number:
1926-206
type:
bearings
credit:
Guinness, R.D.

Parts

Wooden shaft with 3 bands and a wing-gudgeon each end (one for a footstep)

Wooden shaft with 3 bands and a wing-gudgeon

Wooden shaft with 3 bands and a wing-gudgeon each end (one for a footstep)

Measurements:
overall: 500 mm x 1735 mm x 600 mm,
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1926-206/1
type:
bearing
Plummer block for top gudgeon

Plummer block for top gudgeon

Plummer block for top gudgeon

Measurements:
overall: 245 mm x 400 mm x 100 mm,
Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1926-206/3
type:
bearing

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