Description

Also to be found on the farm Winstead is a historic water turbine. The then owner of the farm, Charles Newberry, constructed the turbine and weir in 1913. Newberry made his fortune on the Kimberley diamond fieldsand constructed the turbine in order to pump water for the farmstead and rest of the farm. Subsequent owners modified the turbine to generate electricity. Since the floods in 1988 the turbine fell into disrepair. The cement used during construction was shipped from France in barrels, imported through Delagoa Bay and transported to the farm by donkey cart.