The Laxi Wheel ( Mansk. Queeyl Vooar Laksaa ), also known as Lady Isabella , is a large water wheel built in the village of Laxi (Isle of Man) in 1854 by local talented architect John Casement , which is still considered the largest in the world.
Wheel diameter 72 feet 6 inches (22.10 m), circumference 227 feet (69.18 meters), width 6 feet (1.83 meters).
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History
The Lexie Wheel was built in 1854 for pumping water from the mine and later became Lady Isabella, after the lieutenant-governor Hopeβs wife, who was then governor of the island. The wheel drove the pump from the Glen Moor site, which was part of the Great Laxey Mines industrial complex. More than 600 miners worked in the mine, mining lead, copper, silver and zinc until the mine was closed in 1929.
In 1965, the government bought the plot and the wheel on it. After restoration in 1989, the wheel was transferred under the control of Manx National Heritage.
Back in the days when mines were working, tourists often visited this wheel. Visited him to this day.
In Numismatics
- The Laxi Wheel is depicted on the coin of Fr. Maine face value of 5 pence.
See also
- Tourism in the Isle of Man