Gears, shafts, wheels, and belts carried the force of the turbine's spinning shaft to power the millstones, gin stands, baler, elevators, augers, and other moving parts of the mill. In 1885 Zedler and his partners replaced Meriwether's waterwheel with more efficient and powerful Leffel turbines. A set of gears switched the spin from the turbine's vertical shafts to a horizontal shaft running the entire length of the mill, and belts on large wheels transferred power to other shafts. Smaller belts connected every machine in the mill, from augers and elevators to the gin stands and baler, to a shaft that supplied power whenever the belts were engaged.