A mining museum with a working 19th Century waterwheel is to undergo extensive repairs. Killhope in Weardale, County Durham, opened as a lead mine in 1853 and for a few years in the 1870s was one ...
The Grade I listed 19th Century waterwheel was designed to maintain water levels in the Kennet and Avon canal, but has flooded regularly for the past 200 years. Volunteers say recent "relentless ...