Mr Winstone Cochrane, a shepherd at the Orton Bradley Park, stands by a water-wheel connected to a sawmill under restoration in the picturesque Charteris Bay reserve. The water-wheel is thought to have been built in the 1880s. It has a circumference of 3.3 metres and each of its 32 buckets carries 52 litres of water to produce between nine and 11 horsepower. The wheel powers a sawmill, grindstone, drill press, lathe, plane, barley crusher and two generators. One generator, which dates back to 1901, was probably the first generating system on the south-east side of Lyttelton Harbour. The sawmill is expected to be open to the public on Sundays from later this year. by David Alexander.
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116Mr Winstone Cochrane, a shepherd at the Orton Bradley Park, stands by a water-wheel connected to a sawmill under restoration in the picturesque Charteris Bay reserve. The water-wheel is thought to have been built in the 1880s. It has a circumference of 3.3 metres and each of its 32 buckets carries 52 litres of water to produce between nine and 11 horsepower. The wheel powers a sawmill, grindstone, drill press, lathe, plane, barley crusher and two generators. One generator, which dates back to 1901, was probably the first generating system on the south-east side of Lyttelton Harbour. The sawmill is expected to be open to the public on Sundays from later this year. by David Alexander. Press, 10 January 1986, Page 13
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