Devine Water Motor Company, "Red Devil" Water Powered Grinder
Date unknown, a water motor collector in the know suggests
early 1900s

The metal side cover has been removed in these pictures
for a view of the wheel itself.
The wheel/buckets are pot metal, the shaft is brass, the case is cast iron.
The standard garden hose connection and nozzle are brass.

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Shown set up, and ready to go, at the show.
Note the grinding Wheel on the right end of the shaft.
Can you see the split Pelton buckets on the wheel?
The split buckets are what make it a Pelton wheel.
 
 


Running, at the show.
There is a small pump in the bucket supplying water to power this wheel.
 
 


Another view showing the grinding wheel and the side cover.

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