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Close-up of the spoked accelerating wheel

Close-up of the spoked accelerating wheel. The hub or whorl on the right side of the photo has a thick groove for a clothesline rope which goes to the pulley attached to a post. The groove on the accelerating wheel itself, on the left side of the photo, carries the lighter-weight drive band that goes to the spindle.