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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: run of the mill #49393 12/06/01 09:46 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Dear Keiva: Just looked up water mills on Google and there's ample grist for the mill there. Here's a site with pictures and information about the history of the water mill. Undershot and overshot mills are discussed, but best are the drawings that show how the parts work. *Note for clarification: undershot and overshot have nothing to do with gin mills. WW PS: Forgot to post the link. Here it is: http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3807/features/watermills.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Old mills #49394 12/06/01 11:00 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC When I was VERY young (we're talking over half a century ago!) my parents owned a farmette in rural PA on the Yellow Britches Creek, which I have heard my father describe as one of the premier trout streams in the country. About a hundred yards away from us was a cider mill powered by water. It was an undershot wheel that had a long millrace upstream from it. The millrace is basically a straight stone trench that gives the water its maximum velocity so there's more power for the wheel. There was a diversion dam that diverted water from the stream. Because of our proximity to this operation, my parents called their little spread "By a Dam Site". Now, if there's anyone out there who wonders about punning being hereditary, you need wonder no more. By the way, you would not believe the amount of noise this mill made when operating. The mill building was still there five or six years ago, but falling into ruin. I couldn't see inside to determine whether any of the machinery was still there. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Old mills #49395 12/07/01 02:10 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Ted, here's a link to a park just to the north of me, that has a good shot of the millrace. http://www.southernin.com/Pages/archives/may_01/spring_mill.html And here's one with a picture of a mill in another park just to the north of me: http://www.squireboonecaverns.com/mill/main.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,317 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 811 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,534 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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