Eddie’s Water Wheel and the Barn Bluff Copper Mine – Solved?

Previously It’s been a few years since we told you about Eddie Firth showing us an old Pelton wheel (a type of water turbine) – you can read that here.  It came from the Devon Mine on the Dove River.  But it might have started its life at the copper mine owned by the notorious … Read moreEddie’s Water Wheel and the Barn Bluff Copper Mine – Solved?

Eddie and the water wheel

Another Barn Bluff Copper mystery Eddie I’ve been lucky enough to know Eddie Firth for years.  He is a great walking companion; extremely experienced, easy to get along with and an infectious enthusiasm for the history of Tasmania’s high country.  In many ways he is part of this history.  Many would know him from his … Read moreEddie and the water wheel