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62 Overshot Water Wheel Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures

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illustration of overshot water wheel and undershot water wheel - overshot water wheel stock illustrations

Illustration of overshot water wheel and undershot water wheel

Various representations of hydrodynamics, Wurtemberg, c1850. 2) Fountain: 3) Persian wheel or Noria: 4) Archimedes' Screw: 5) Chain pump: 6&7)...

Various representations of hydrodynamics, Wurtemberg, c1850.

illustration of overshot water wheel in hydroelectric power station and smaller image of old water mill - overshot water wheel stock illustrations

Illustration of overshot water wheel in hydroelectric power station and smaller image of old water mill

Engraving depicting an overshot water wheel. Dated 19th century.

An overshot water wheel.

Diagram depicting a mill used for crushing sugar cane with vertical rollers, powered by an overshot water wheel. Dated 18th century.

A mill used for crushing sugar.

Mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by an overshot water wheel, 1556. At the right of the image is a detail of section of pipe K. From...

A mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by an overshot water wheel, 1556.

Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from a mine shaft powered by an overshot water wheel, 1556. A man in a hut at O opens and shuts water...

Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from a mine shaft, 1556.

The large wooden overshot water wheel of the Wolverton Mill, built in 1921 to crush gold ore in the Henry Mountains near Hanksville, Utah.

Large wooden overshot water wheel of the Wolverton Mill

Overshot waterwheel mill, copperplate engraving, from Novo Teatro di Machine et Edificii per Varie et Sicure Operationi, by Vittorio Zonca, published...

Overshot waterwheel mill, copperplate engraving

Engraving depicting a mill powered by an overshot water wheel. Dated 18th century.

A mill powered by an overshot water wheel.

Engraving depicting a water powered flour mill . Dated 17th century.

Engraving depicting multiple suction pumps, powered by an overshot water wheel through a toothed wheel and drum , being used to raise water from a...

Multiple suction pumps.

Diagram depicting various forms of water wheels including at Fig. 5, a pitch back overshot wheel. Created by Abraham Rees a Welsh nonconformist...

Various forms of water wheels.

Lithograph after an original drawing by W F Wells, showing a water mill in North Wales. The mill wheel is of the overshot type where the flow of...

�Singrigg Mill Glyn North Wales�, early 19th century.

Drawing taken from a book by G A Boeckler.

Corn mill driven by overshot water wheel, c 1662.

The engineer James Watt , worked on the design of the overshot wheel and this model is now part of the Motive Power Collection at the Science Museum,...

Overshot waterwheel, c 1870.

Overshot Water Wheel on Orontes River in Syria with Roman Aquaduct

Water Wheel on Orontes River in Syria with Roman Aquaduct

Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from mine shaft powered by overshot waterwheel.

Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from mine shaft powered by overshot waterwheel

Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from mine shaft powered by overshot waterwheel. Man in hut at O opens and shuts water races to stop and...

Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets

Overshot water wheel turning the cam-shaft of a stamping mill being used to turn the crush ore to begin the process of extracting metal from the ore...

Overshot water wheel turning the cam-shaft of a stamping mill

Stamping mills powered by and overshot water wheel being used to crush ore to begin the process of extracting metal from the ore won from a mine....

Stamping mills powered by and overshot water wheel

Fountain: 3) Persian wheel or Noria: 4) Archimedes' Screw: 5) Chain pump: 6&7) Suction and force pumps: 8) Fire engine: 10 12) Undershot, Overshot...

Rag-and-chain pump powered by an overshot water wheel being used to drain a mine._On the right is a detail of the tube of the pump. From "De re...

A rag-and-chain pump used to drain a mine.

Multiple suction pumps, powered by an overshot water wheel through a spur wheel and lantern, being used to raise water from a mine. From "De re...

Multiple suction pumps raising water from a mine.

Draining mine workings by means of a battery of three pumps. The axle, B, is powered by an overshot water wheel. The cams on the axle raise and lower...

Draining mine workings.

Mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by overshot water wheel. At right is detail of section of pipe K. From "Agricola De re metallica"...

Mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by overshot water wheel.

Blast furnaces, 1540. Woodcut showing different forms of blast furnace, with bellows supplying draught powered by an overshot water wheel. From De la...

Blast furnaces, 1540.

Two sugar mills, West Indies, 1764. A mule-powered mill with vertical rollers and one with vertical rollers powered by an overshot waterwheel West...

Two sugar mills, West Indies, 1764.

overshot wheel - overshot water wheel stock illustrations

The large wooden overshot water wheel of the Wolverton Mill, built in 1921 to crush gold ore in the Henry Mountains near Hanksville, Utah.

Large wooden overshot water wheel of the Wolverton Mill

Draining mine workings by means of a battery of three pumps. The axle, B, is powered by an overshot water wheel. The cams on the axle raise and lower...

Three pumps in mine

Trip hammer powered by an overshot waterwheel being used in a forge. Engraving 1617.

Trip hammer powered by overshot waterwheel, Engraving

The overshot wheel of Park's Mill is still after serving the community's grinding needs for nearly two centuries. Built in 1790, the water-powered...

Virginia Scenics

The overshot wheel of Park's Mill is still after serving the community's grinding needs for nearly two centuries. Built in 1790, the water-powered...

Virginia Scenics

Icicles hang from the slew of Whites Mill near Abingdon, Virginia. The historic mill, built in 1790, is one of the country's oldest standing grist...

Virginia Scenics

Icicles hang from the slew of Whites Mill near Abingdon, Virginia. The historic mill, built in 1790, is one of the country's oldest standing grist...

Virginia Scenics

Icicles hang from the slew of Whites Mill near Abingdon, Virginia. The historic mill, built in 1790, is one of the country's oldest standing grist...

Virginia Scenics

The overshot water wheel at the Maiermuhle in Teisendorf - Karlsbach.

The overshot water wheel at the Maiermuhle in Teisendorf - Karlsbach

Paternoster work with overshot water wheel / Paternosterwerk mit oberschlächtigem Wasserrad, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of...

Paternoster work with overshot water wheel / Paternosterwerk mit oberschlächtigem Wasserrad

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

Mill Springs Mill in Wayne County, Kentucky, a historic watermill built in 1877.

overshot and undershot water wheel, wood engraving, published in 1877 - overshot water wheel stock illustrations

Overshot and undershot water wheel, wood engraving, published in 1877

An Overshot Mill, James Ward, 1769-1859, British

An Overshot Mill

Illustration showing. Multiple suction pumps. Powered by an overshot water wheel.

Illustration showing. Multiple suction pumps. powered by an overshot water wheel

Different forms of blast furnace. Bellows supplying draught are powered by overshot water wheel. From Vannocio Biringuccio De la Pirotechnia, Venice...

Different forms of blast furnace. Bellows supplying draught are powered by overshot water wheel. From Vannocio Biringuccio De la Pirotechnia, Venice 1540.

Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from mine shaft powered by overshot waterwheel. Man in hut at O opens and shuts water races to stop and...

Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from mine shaft powered by overshot waterwheel. Man in hut at O opens and shuts water races to stop and start double row of buckets. From Agricola De re metallica Basle 1556. Woodcut.

Mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by overshot water wheel. At right is detail of section of pipe K. From Agricola De re metallica,...

Mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by overshot water wheel. At right is detail of section of pipe K. From Agricola De re metallica, Basle, 1556.

Rag-and-chain pump powered by an overshot water wheel being used to drain a mine. On the right is a detail of the tube of the pump. From De re...

A rag-and-chain pump powered by an overshot water wheel being used to drain a mine. On the right is a detail of the tube of the pump. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

Multiple suction pumps, powered by an overshot water wheel through a spur wheel and lantern, being used to raise water from a mine. From De re...

Multiple suction pumps, powered by an overshot water wheel through a spur wheel and lantern, being used to raise water from a mine. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut.

Overshot water wheel turning the cam-shaft of a stamping mill being used to turn the crush ore to begin the process of extracting metal from the ore...

Overshot water wheel turning the cam-shaft of a stamping mill being used to turn the crush ore to begin the process of extracting metal from the ore won from a mine. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut...

Stamping mills powered by and overshot water wheel being used to crush ore to begin the process of extracting metal from the ore won from a mine....

Stamping mills powered by and overshot water wheel being used to crush ore to begin the process of extracting metal from the ore won from a mine. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556). Woodcut. Mining. Metal. Power. Wat...

Perpetual motion: Grindstone driven, via work and spur, by an overshot water wheel. An Archimedean screw raises the used water to the reservoir, and...

Perpetual motion: Grindstone driven, via work and spur, by an overshot water wheel. An Archimedean screw raises the used water to the reservoir, and the whole is supposed to work by perpetual motion. Engraving from Theatrum Machinarum Novum by George Andr...

Perpetual motion: Grindstone driven, via work and spur, by an overshot water wheel. An Archimedean screw raises the used water to the reservoir, and...

Perpetual motion: Grindstone driven, via work and spur, by an overshot water wheel. An Archimedean screw raises the used water to the reservoir, and the whole is supposed to work by perpetual motion. Engraving from Theatrum Machinarum Novum by George Andr...

Hydrodynamics: 2) Fountain: 3) Persian wheel or Noria: 4) Archimedes' Screw: 5) Chain pump: 6&7) Suction and force pumps: 8) Fire engine: 10 12)...

Hydrodynamics: 2) Fountain: 3) Persian wheel or Noria: 4) Archimedes' Screw: 5) Chain pump: 6&7) Suction and force pumps: 8) Fire engine: 10,11,12) Undershot, Overshot and Breast water wheels: 13) Barker's mill. From print published Wurtemberg c1850...

Drawing showing Pump driven by overshot water wheel, used to raise water into a reservoir, to operate the ornamental fountain in the background. From...

Pump driven by overshot water wheel, used to raise water.