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Milldam

Milldam
Mountain Carmel Mill Dam

A mill dam (International English) or milldam (US) is a dam constructed on a waterway to create a mill pond.

Water passing through a dam's spillway is used to turn a water wheel and provide energy to the many varieties of watermill. By raising the water level so that the overflow has farther to fall, a milldam increases the potential energy that a mill can harness and use for various tasks.

Examples

231x231px]]Listed are here are some of the many examples of historic milldams and millponds (or [[place names]] taken from them).
Mill dam in Greenville

Examples in the [[United Kingdom]] include

  • Bramley Millpond in Bramley, Surrey
  • Ifield Millpond in Ifield, West Sussex
  • Valebridge Millpond on the outskirts of Burgess Hill, West Sussex
  • Mill Dam, Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands

Examples in the [[United States]] include

  • Milldam Rice Mill and Rice Barn in Georgetown County, South Carolina
  • Atwater Millpond in Kalamazoo County, Michigan
  • [[File:River mill dam governor test.png|thumb|286x286px|Governor for a river mill dam ]]Ballardvale Millpond in Ballardvale, Massachusetts
  • Bigler's Millpond in Bigler's Mill, Virginia
  • Crump's Millpond in Quinton, Virginia
  • Gardy's Millpond in Westmoreland and Northumberland County, Virginia
  • Glovers Millpond in Glascock County, Georgia
  • Goodrich Millpond in Genesee County, Michigan
  • Goodwin's Millpond in Marlboro County, South Carolina
  • Hands Millpond in Cape May County, New Jersey
  • Merchants Millpond State Park in Gates County, North Carolina
  • Milldam, Concord, Massachusetts
  • Millpond, a small lake in Butler, New York
  • Millpond Acres in Sussex County, Delaware
  • Millpond Park in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
  • Millpond Plantation in Thomas County, Georgia
  • Millpond Reservoir in Burlington, Massachusetts

References

de:Mühlenstau

References

  1. "Milldam definition and meaning {{!}} Collins English Dictionary".
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