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Mill race

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184: 44: 200: 215: 230: 172: 160: 117:, was a 'run of the river wheel' placed so a fast flowing stream would press against and turn the bottom of a bucketed wheel. In the first meaning of the term, the millrace was the stream; in the sense of the word, there was no separate channel, so no race. The example of Mill Lade in 183: 199: 229: 410: 171: 214: 221: 113:. These words all have more precise definitions and meanings will differ elsewhere. The original undershot waterwheel, described by 43: 95:, the narrow current is swift and powerful. The race leading to the water wheel on a wide stream or mill pond is called the 121:
refers to a wide channel leading to moorings where laden vessels unload, similar waterways known by the similar name of
31: 144:. When the tail race from one mill led to another mill where it acted as the head race this was known as the 140:. From the waterwheel, the water was channelled back to the course of the stream by a sluice known as the 159: 122: 437: 406: 48: 136:, or lodge. The water was channelled to the waterwheel by a sluice or millrace- this was the 205: 321:
the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.  
148:. The level of water in the millrace could be controlled by a series of sluice gates. 431: 358: 236: 118: 91:) conducting water to or from a water wheel. Compared with the broad waters of a 269: 249: 84: 190: 289: 30:
This article is about current of water or water channel. For other uses, see
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a trench or ditch that conveys water to a mill wheel.  
132:. This increased the head of water. Behind the weir was the 106:
A mill race has many geographically specific names, such as
83:(Southwest England) is the current of water that turns a 405:. Newbury, Berks: Countryside Books. pp. 20–31. 348:
Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1968, p=674
128:As technology advanced, the stream was dammed by a 8: 335: 333: 208:: a covered head race and the by-pass weir 396: 394: 281: 177:Storckensohn water head race, or flume. 155: 27:Channel for water driving a water wheel 235:Johnson and Seymour Millrace from the 7: 403:The Industrial Revolution explained 25: 125:exist in neighbouring districts. 228: 213: 198: 182: 170: 158: 339:Dictionary.com, word definition 365:(10th ed.). HarperCollins 296:(10th ed.). HarperCollins 1: 111:, lade, flume, goit, penstock 454: 36: 32:Mill race (disambiguation) 29: 363:World English Dictionary 294:World English Dictionary 60: 46: 37:Further information: 401:Yorke, Stan (2005). 189:Tail race rejoining 325:the current itself. 87:, or the channel ( 61: 412:978 1 85306 935 2 49:Redbournbury Mill 16:(Redirected from 445: 417: 416: 398: 389: 388: 372: 370: 355: 349: 346: 340: 337: 328: 327: 303: 301: 286: 232: 217: 206:Cogglesford Mill 202: 186: 174: 162: 21: 453: 452: 448: 447: 446: 444: 443: 442: 428: 427: 426: 421: 420: 413: 400: 399: 392: 368: 366: 357: 356: 352: 347: 343: 338: 331: 299: 297: 288: 287: 283: 278: 246: 239: 233: 224: 218: 209: 203: 194: 187: 178: 175: 166: 163: 154: 103:(or tailrace). 41: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 451: 449: 441: 440: 430: 429: 425: 424:External links 422: 419: 418: 411: 390: 350: 341: 329: 280: 279: 277: 274: 273: 272: 267: 262: 257: 252: 245: 242: 241: 240: 234: 227: 225: 219: 212: 210: 204: 197: 195: 188: 181: 179: 176: 169: 167: 164: 157: 153: 150: 79:(Scotland) or 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 450: 439: 436: 435: 433: 423: 414: 408: 404: 397: 395: 391: 387: 385: 381: 377: 364: 360: 354: 351: 345: 342: 336: 334: 330: 326: 324: 320: 316: 313:(ˈmɪlˌreɪs)— 312: 308: 295: 291: 285: 282: 275: 271: 268: 266: 263: 261: 258: 256: 253: 251: 248: 247: 243: 238: 237:Genesee River 231: 226: 223: 220:millrace for 216: 211: 207: 201: 196: 192: 185: 180: 173: 168: 161: 156: 152:Image gallery 151: 149: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 126: 124: 120: 119:Godmanchester 116: 112: 110: 104: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 58: 54: 50: 45: 40: 33: 19: 402: 383: 379: 375: 374: 367:. Retrieved 362: 353: 344: 322: 318: 314: 310: 306: 305: 298:. Retrieved 293: 284: 145: 141: 137: 127: 107: 105: 100: 96: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 62: 369:7 September 270:Water wheel 250:Canal pound 222:Mingus Mill 165:A head race 85:water wheel 47:Mill Race, 438:Watermills 290:"Millrace" 276:References 191:River Meon 382:( Brit ) 378:(liːt) — 265:Watermill 142:tail race 138:head race 115:Vitruvius 101:tail race 97:head race 93:mill pond 81:mill leat 77:mill lade 65:mill race 57:St Albans 53:River Ver 432:Category 307:millrace 260:Penstock 244:See also 146:mid race 134:millpond 69:millrace 18:Millrace 311:millrun 300:27 June 73:millrun 55:, near 409:  359:"Leat" 89:sluice 39:Sluice 407:ISBN 376:leat 371:2013 302:2023 255:Leat 130:weir 123:Lode 109:leat 309:or 71:or 434:: 393:^ 384:1. 373:. 361:. 332:^ 323:2. 319:1. 317:; 304:. 292:. 75:, 67:, 63:A 59:. 51:, 415:. 380:n 315:n 193:. 34:. 20:)

Index

Millrace
Mill race (disambiguation)
Sluice

Redbournbury Mill
River Ver
St Albans
water wheel
sluice
mill pond
leat
Vitruvius
Godmanchester
Lode
weir
millpond
A head race
Storckensohn water head race, or flume.
Tail race rejoining River Meon.
River Meon
Cogglesford Mill: a covered head race and the by-pass weir
Cogglesford Mill
millrace for Mingus Mill
Mingus Mill
Johnson and Seymour Millrace from the Genesee River
Genesee River
Canal pound
Leat
Penstock
Watermill

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