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Remains of the waterwheel at the Canton Stamping battery

Remains of the waterwheel at the Canton Stamping battery

AS I understand it, the waterwheel didn't drive the stamping battery, but provided water to sluice the crushed quartz and gold. The wheel sits buried in it...
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AS I understand it, the waterwheel didn't drive the stamping battery, but provided water to sluice the crushed quartz and gold. The wheel sits buried in its original position and although the stream is currently 'dry' the ground around the path of the stream is spongy and clearly will return to stream conditions when the rains come.
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II

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Aperture f/22 ISO 6400 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 37/1

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May, 2016

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