Re-inventing the wheel
Alan Illingworth has been discovering the Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre
Published in January ’22
Two important people in the history of the Centre: Richard ‘Turbo’ Vincent and Tom Stewart. Turbo rebuilt the waterwheel, and Tom bought the Hindley steam engine (pictured here) from Gillingham Brick & Tile Company in 1972
EIGHT times a year, there is the opportunity to explore an extraordinary piece of Dorset’s industrial history. Turn down a narrow drive just east of Sherborne on the Oborne road and at the bottom of the slope is the Castleton waterwheel. Forty years ago, the waterwheel was all there was to see, but the site has been developed by a team of enthusiasts and is now the Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre.
You will be greeted at the gate by a …
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