Wolfeboro Historical Society Photograph Archive General Views General Scenes

"Well Sweep" on South Main St. Long abandoned, the beam is sagging and overgrown with vines. This was designed to be counterbalanced to lift a bucket out of the well easily, then swung to the side to empty the water into an irrigation ditch or another container for portage to a trough or the house.
"Well Sweep" on South Main St. Long abandoned, the beam is sagging and overgrown with vines. This was designed to be counterbalanced to lift a bucket out of the well easily, then swung to the side to empty the water into an irrigation ditch or another container for portage to a trough or the house.

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