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Watermill of Braine-le-Château, Belgium (12th century) Interior of the Lyme Regis watermill, UK (14th century). A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower.It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering.
Vertical axis water mill A horizontal wheel with a vertical axle. Commonly called a tub wheel , Norse mill or Greek mill , [ 10 ] [ 11 ] the horizontal wheel is a primitive and inefficient form of the modern turbine.
Water Mill or Watermill may refer to: Watermill, a mill that uses hydropower Milldam, which may include a water mill within the dam; Water wheel, the driving engine of the mill; List of watermills, listing several water mills called Watermill; The Watermill, a 1660 painting by Jacob van Ruisdael
Water Mill (Water Mill, New York) Mills at Green Hole, Philmont NY: Mills at Green Hole - Mill complex Early 1700s Fully operational water-powered saw mill, cider press, blacksmith shop, & woodworking shop; North Carolina Mingus Mill. Dellingers Mill, Bakersville, seasonally operational, water powered, 1867; Emmett Isaacs Mill, Surry County
The invention of the watermill is a question open to scholarly discussion, [5] but is generally agreed to have occurred in the ancient Near East, [5] [6] either before [6] or during the Hellenistic period. [7] In the subsequent Roman period, the use of water-power was
Kingsbury Watermill Museum, St Albans. The use of water power in Britain was at its peak just before the Industrial Revolution. The need for power was great and steam power had not yet become established. It is estimated that at this time there were well in excess of ten thousand watermills in the country.
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A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour milling (using a pair of millstones), lumber production, or metal shaping (rolling, grinding or wire drawing). A watermill that generates electricity is usually called a hydroelectric plant.