I think the place to start a restoration of this sort is to gather up any reference material, and inspect the parts.
As for reference material, this project was featured in the Spring 1961 edition of Model Trains magazine. My plan is to attempt to use minimal restoration to get the model to look as it did in that article.
As for parts, included with the main structure were two flumes. The one on the left is the one described in the article, and I have no idea what model is associated with the one on the right.
But, let me speculate. It could be an alternative flume for the model. One where the spillway gate is closed. Or maybe, Mr. Moore built a second water wheel mill of which this is its spillway - he was known to build multiples of some models. Or maybe it's a part to some lost model we've never heard of.
Anyway, to get the model back to as it was seen in the MT article, I'll use the flume on the left and set the other aside.
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