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	Pages 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| 27 \| 28 \| 29 \| 30 \| 31 \| 32 \| 33 \| 34 \| 35 \| 36 \| 37 \| 38 \| 39 \| 40 \| 41 \| 42 \| 43 \| 44 \| 45 \| 46 \| 47 \| 48 \| 49 \| 50 \| 51 \| 52 \| 53 \| 54 \| 55 \| 56 \| 57 \| 58 \| 59 \| 60 \| 61 \| 62 \| 63 \| 64 Above: The Mud and water is pumped from the tunnel into the pit where it is collected in bags for removal. Above: Mike Dobson examining the blockage 41 meters down the tunnel. The old access shaft was filled in back in the 1950's Above: It was necessary to remove the blockage so that the tail water from the wheel pit could drain into the river. The shaft was excavated from surface using a kibble or steel bucket. Above: With the shaft cleared to it's depth of five meters. The water could again freely flow the remaining one hundred meters Above: The shaft bottom is located on a three way junction. The tunnel ahead is the tail of from the smaller thirty five foot wheel that also served the floors. The main tunnel is on the left. Above: Master Carpenters Dave Bignal and Stan Skinner at Ramsey Shipyard working on the huge twenty two foot long spokes for the Snaefell water wheel. NEXT PAGE

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