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Helston Town Mill Waterwheel, 1930
| Number | HESFM:1977.598 |
|---|---|
| Place | Helston Cornwall United Kingdom |
| Date | 1930 |
| Keywords | Trades and Professions Miller Helston |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Copyright | © Helston Museum |
Helston Town Mill showing the side of the building and the waterwheel next to it, 1930. The Mill was worked by a large overshot wheel using the waters of a leat drawn from the Cober River. The Mill's progress was impeded when the Loe Pool waters rose to such height as to prevent the wheel turning. There was an old custom of taking three halfpence in a leather purse to the Lord of the Manor (Penrose Estate) requesting that the Bar sands be cut to release the rising waters.