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Above: The wheel is set up with a low head water feed pumped from the

wheel case. It was decided that it was time to give her a first turn

to make sure everything was OK.

Above: Chief Executive of the Dept of Local Government and Environment

Antony Hamilton is able to move the twenty ton structure by hand

demonstrating how well balanced the wheel is.

Above: The wheel turns for the first time in over fifty years.

Water was then fed onto the wheel at approximately one

and a half liters per second which was just enough to turn

her. The wheel will be operating on twelve liters per

second when fully functional.

The drift from side to side is only one inch.

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