 The wheel was unveiled with the name "Lady Evelyn" to mark the extensive work of Evelyn Jones in her support of the Laxey Mines Research Team.The wheel was purchased by the Snaefell Mining Company in 1865.Built by Messrs Leigh and Gilbert Howell of the Hawarden iron works in Flintshire, north Wales, it was one of two identical 50 ft (15.24 m) diameter wheels to be produced.