Machine number:
159
Country:
Age:
Location:
Modern name:
Rio Tinto (Minas De Rio Tinto, Spain 1)
Use:
Machine code:
RioT-OW
Location_getLoc:
Latitude: 37.694578
Longitude: -6.568136
General description:
Nineteen reverse overshot wheels with compartmented rim
General notes / Footnotes:
Baroja: 16 wheels is in the mining museum Tharsis
Dr. Mariano del Amo y de la Hera declared that fifty wheels were found at Rio Tinto and forty wheels at Tharsis
Weisberger (62): in total more than 110 wheels have been discovered througout the Roman world. Many wheels were discovered in Spain, due to mining activities??
Lat_orig:
37°41'40.48"N
Long_orig:
6°34'5.29"W