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Water wheel

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A water wheel is a big wheel.

Waterwheel that used to crush grain into flour.jpg
Waterwheel that used to crush grain into flour.jpg
Moving water hits the wheel. This makes the wheel turn. The wheel helps us do work. It can grind grain into food.
Undershot waterwheel simple.svg
Undershot waterwheel simple.svg
It is a neat machine! Can you see it spin?

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Agricola1.jpg
Otley waterwheel, Manchester Museum of...
File:Waterwheel that used to crush grain into flour.jpg
Waterwheel that used to crush grain into flour.jpg
File:Vertical waterwheel simple.svg
Vertical waterwheel simple.svg
File:Stream waterwheel simple.svg
Stream waterwheel simple.svg
File:Undershot waterwheel simple.svg
Undershot waterwheel simple.svg
File:Breastshot waterwheel simple.svg
Breastshot waterwheel simple.svg
File:Overshot waterwheel simple.svg
Overshot waterwheel simple.svg
File:Backshot waterwheel simple.svg
Backshot waterwheel simple.svg
File:Finch Foundary Water Wheel, Devon, UK - Diliff.jpg
Finch Foundary Water Wheel, Devon, UK - Diliff.jpg
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