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Laxey Wheel

The Laxey Wheel is built into the hillside above the village of in the . It is the largest surviving original working waterwheel in the world.
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  • Opening hours: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: world’s largest waterwheel
  • Also known as: “Lady Isabella”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Laxey Mine Railway and Laxey railway station.

Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The was originally constructed to serve the 's Great Laxey Mine, a lead mine located in . The 19 in gauge railway runs from the old mine entrance to the washing floors along a right of way that passes through the Isle of Man's only remaining railway tunnel under the 3 ft gauge Victorian Manx Electric Railway and the main A2 to coast road. is situated 550 metres south of Laxey Wheel.

Railway station
Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an interchange station in the village of on the east coast of the . It is the principal intermediate station on the Manx Electric Railway as well as being the lower terminus of the Snaefell Mountain Railway. is situated 740 metres south of Laxey Wheel.

Church
Photo: Sic19, CC0.
is situated 800 metres south of Laxey Wheel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agneash and Laxey.

Hamlet
Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the , 1.9 kilometres by road north of . Primitive Methodist Chapel opened in 1857.

Photo: Bill Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small and very touristy village on the - its Great Wheel is an icon of the island. Laksaa in Manx means salmon, like the modern Scandinavian and German words, and the river descending steeply from Snaefell has a run of salmon.

Locality
Photo: Adie Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
There are about eight small places on the with the name . The name derives from the Manx Balley Beg which means small homestead; although the spelling is different, it is pronounced approximately the same as the English name. is situated 3 km south of Laxey Wheel.

Laxey Wheel

Latitude
54.23862° or 54° 14′ 19″ north
Longitude
-4.40736° or 4° 24′ 27″ west
Inception
1854
Operator
Manx National Heritage
Open location code
9C6Q6HQV+C3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 335683073
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­waterwheel
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2046863
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Laxey Wheel” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Լաքսիի անիվ”
  • Armenian: “Լեդի Իզաբելլա”
  • Dutch: “Great Laxey Wheel”
  • German: “Laxey Wheel”
  • Hebrew: “גלגל לקסי”
  • Japanese: “ラクシー水車”
  • Manx: “Queeyl Vooar Laksaa”
  • Russian: “Колесо Лакси”
  • Russian: “Колесо Лэкси”
  • Swedish: “Laxeys vattenhjul”
  • Ukrainian: “Колесо Лаксі”

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Highlights include Pump Rod and Cistern.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Laxey Wheel”. Photo: Lobster1, CC BY-SA 3.0.