The Water Wheel as it looks in the game
Chapter 8, Waterworks

Water Wheel

A paddle wheel turned by pouring water or rolling balls. It drives the gears it meshes with.

How it works

  • Water and rolling balls push its paddles round.
  • It meshes with gears exactly like a normal gear, so it drives whatever it touches.
  • A motor can also turn it.
  • It is a weak drive, so every load slows it. Its paddles never hit other gears.

Tips

  • Pour onto the side of the wheel away from the gears it drives.
  • A small trickle only rocks it. It takes a good amount of water to turn a train a long way.

Where you'll meet it

You first meet it in level 76, Overshot, in chapter 8, Waterworks.

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