Campbells Creek - Mopoke Gully Water Wheel
Bendigo and Fryers Goldmining Company built the 60ft diameter Mopoke Gully Waterwheel to power the ten-head stamp battery. They operated the waterwheel from 1887 to 1900.
The wheel mounted on large stone foundations was set into the hill and set in motion by a supply of water located by a nearby water race.
The site includes two massive stone abutments set into the side of a hill. There are substantially intact and include holding down bolts for the axle housing. On the west side of the abutments is a large stone retained loading ramp.
Below the ramp is a levelled floor containing a roughly square depression belonging to a decayed stamper stump.
An underground stone-lined culvert drains from the base of the waterwheel pit. There is also a small intact tailing dump in the gully below the abutments. Two water races are clearly visible above the abutments about 10 metres apart. The mine workings located above the battery are characteristic of this era.
Location - The Mopoke Gully Water Wheel sits in the bush just off Blankett Gully Road (east of road) south of Campbells Creek. It is south of Skeens Gully Road turnoff from Blankett Gully Road.
Location
Blankett Gully Road, Campbells Creek 3451 Map
