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mwaters | 4 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +3 
 https://i.nostr.build/ml35Q.jpg

Water wheel axle degradation.

Steel + dust + wood. 

#restday #walking #sightseeing #date20240617 #TurnRightAtTheAlps2024
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realjode | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Those discs are something else 👀 hardly corroded
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mwaters | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It's an axle so worn that it looks like a stack of discs. 

The water wheels are probably over 100 years old.
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realjode | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Looks like some kind old school clutch that I’ve never seen and never existed 😃