Mills & Water Wheels

Water that flows from rivers and streams is a valuable and plentiful energy resource. People learned to use the power of running water to operate the small mills that were important to their families. Gristmills ground the grain the farmers grew. Sawmills cut their tumber. Carding Mills combed the wool sheared from their sheep. Waterpowered machines cut nails, turned wood for furniture parts, cut shingles, and did other useful tasks.

http://www.osv.org/education/WaterPower/

Mills and Water Power

 

http://old-engine.com/hanford.htm

The Hanford Mills Museum

http://www.spoom.org/milllist.htm

The Society for the Preservation of Old Mills

http://www.tilthammer.com/water/sheaf1.html

http://ukmills.com/

UKMills Home page

http://www.nps.gov/hafe/waterpwr/wheel.htm

Conventional Water Wheels

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmills.htm

The History of Mills

http://www.watermillmuseum.org/

Water Mill Museum

http://www.england-in-particular.info/rivermill.html

Water Mills

 

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_lester_pelton.htm

Water Turbines and the Beginnings of Hydroelectricity

http://www.watersheds.org/places/mills.htm

The Old Water Mills

http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/education/Watermills.htm

http://www.postcardman.net/mills_water.html

http://www.hp-gramatke.net/pmm_physics/english/page0450.htm

Recirculation Mills

   

http://www.rrstoneworks.com/millbook.htm

How-To for MILLS

http://www.angelfire.com/journal/millbuilder/album7.html

The Water Wheel Album

http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/waterwheels/

http://www.fact-index.com/w/wa/watermill.html

http://www.fact-index.com/w/wa/water_wheel.html

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwaterwheel.htm

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3807/features/watermills.html

Waterwheels and Mills

http://www.geocities.com/neander97/features/watermills-bib.html