Laxey of the Isle of Man, was built in 1854 to pump water from the Laxey mine shafts. Now a tourist attraction, it remains the largest working waterwheel in the world. Designed by Robert Casement, it is in diameter and wide. It revolves at about 3 rpm. The mines employed over 600 miners at their peak, producing lead, copper, silver and zinc, until they closed in 1929. The Wheel was owned by Edwin Kneale from 1939 to 1965; he saved it from being dismantled and ran it as a tourist attraction, before passing it on to the Manx nation, with the
Back to the Known Back to the Known Back to the Known is the second EP released by American punk rock band Bad Religion. The name of the EP is a reference to the band abandoning the progressive rock influences of its previous album, 1983's "Into the Unknown", and returning to its punk roots. The album features the fan favorite, "Along The Way", which is a staple of their live show today. During a live show in the mid 1980s, they played the song twice in a row at a sped-up pace the second time. Frontman Greg Graffin partially brought Bad Religion back together