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Garfield Water Wheel
The Garfield Water Wheel historical site in Chewton is the site of the ruins and remnants of the Garfield Company Mine. The massive stone supports which still remain at the site once supported an enormous water wheel with a diameter of 22 metres. Upon its construction, the Garfield Water Wheel was hailed as the largest in the southern hemisphere! The water wheel was used between 1887 and 1903 to power the stamp battery for the mine.
The Castlemaine Historical Society and the 'Prison Tree'
Known locally as the 'Prisoner Tree', this Grey Box tree is believed to have been used by police in the 1850s as a 'standby jail'. Prisoners were attached to a heavy chain around the trunk when the nearby log jail was full. The old courthouse from that period stands adjacent on the eastern side of the road and is now home to the Castlemaine Historical Society.
