Opening of Roman Water Wheel 4th and 5th June

[deadlylampshade]

Opening of the Roman waterwheel at the Ancient Technology Centre at Cranborne, Dorset

http://www.ancienttechnologycentre.co.uk...kends.html

Wheel originally part of a Time Team special and re-built at Cranborne in a working environment not just for display.

Other attractions and activities for children (and adults!):

Roman sword school
Romand Games and Cookery
Cob wall building
Pottery making

10 til 4 both days.

Children ?2, Adults ?4

I've been volunteering and helping to build this water wheel and it is an amazing piece of ancient technology!

[mpoole]

Looks excellent. Sorry we can't get there this weekend to see it in action.

[Madweasels]

It is fantastic to see that this water-wheel survived the ravages of the Museum of London senior managers' ignorance. From what I understand, with no consultation, the senior mob there wanted to scrap it - simply have it taken away for scrap. The Roman curator (now redundant) fought back and negotiated its survival with the help of others and the ATC - and the rest is glorious history. Have I got the story right Deadly?

Brilliant.

As I always say, where there's a wheel there's a way!!

Sorry.

[deadlylampshade]

Don't know the ins and outs of the case, Madweasels, but I do know it was going to be scrapped after being at the Museum for over five years (I think). Someone with a bit of forethought (whoever that was) contacted the ACT and it will now have a working life, which is fabulous.

Even if there are arguments about some parts of the design it is a marvellous example of Roman technology and moves about 7 litres of water in every "bucket". Bloomin' heavy and very hard to move it on one's own!

A happy end to the story:face-approve: