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PostSubject: Roslin Glen powder mills   Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:35 pm

One of the last remaining water wheels that supplied power for making gunpowder.


Downstream from the dam.


Another view of the water wheel.


Overhanging rocks above the water wheel.


Another view of the overhanging rocks.


The water for the water wheel was dammed to provide plenty of pressure to turn it.


Used to make the charcoal?
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