Cape Leeuwin water wheel

The water wheel is located above a small cove, approximately 400 metres (1,300 ft) to the north of the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse cottages.

The water wheel was constructed in 1895 by the contractor building the Cape Leeuwin lighthouse, the partnership of Maurice Davies and John Wishart.

[5][6][7][8][9][10] The water was pumped into an elevated storage tank, 4.6 metres (15 ft) above ground level.

This is the next thing to perpetual motion, and has to be seen to be believed.The water wheel and pump were still running in 1931,[12][13][11][4] and apparently as late as 1935,[14][15] but had been retired by 1937, having been replaced by a windmill.

[1][19][20][21][22] The water wheel was incorporated into the lighthouse precinct in land management plans in the early 2000s.

[1] By 1956, the flume to the waterwheel was dilapidated and no longer delivering water to the wheel[25][26] and it remained in that state until at least 1960;[27] it was restored by the end of 1962.