Iron turntable above Seaton Sluice Harbour

  • Description

    "Grade II Listed cast iron turntable mechanism, 20m west of King's Arms Hotel. C18th or early C19th, it has a circular plate with central rotating platform on pivot; originally used in monitoring the passage of vessels through the cut, and the extraction of a toll. The cut at Seaton Sluice Harbour was constructed 1761-4; the last coal shipment left in 1861. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1041332" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2017.
  • Owner

    Andrew Curtis
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5624396
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 1 month, 1 week ago
    Viewed: 73 times
    Picture Taken: 2017-12-10
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