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Photography by Karen Meadows

Battlesbridge Mill is a disused former tidal mill. When the tide came in the pond collected the water. Then when the tide ebbed the lock gates closed and the water flowed out through the mill.

"roda de água" "water wheel"

Schloss Hallwyl

Fredon New Jersey

Esta vieja noria se encuentra decorando la fuente de una pequeña plaza en el município gaditano de "El bosque".

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Photography by Karen Meadows

In researching interesting, abandoned places in and around London, Ontario, I discovered that there was an old turn-of-the-century waterwheel close to where I live. Not having a precise location and relying on some photos posted to a website dedicated to abandoned places, I went out in search of the waterwheel earlier this year. It took a few hours of trekking around some old forests but I uncovered the location and was rewarded for my persistence.

I revisited the location this morning with the hopes to photograph it with some autumn colour. It turned out to be a little more green still than I had hoped but there was still plenty of fallen leaves to add to the scene.

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Mill barn: Had to stand in the middle of the road to get this view, which was beautiful in the afternoon sun despite the hideous electric pole. Waterwheel in the pond weir (? please correct me if I'm wrong; I have limited knowledge of this type of engineering) is just to the right and the stream gurgles merrily off beneath the barn to the left...

When I was a child I can watch a turning waterwheel for hours. To me waterwheel was the first cool mechanical 'toy' that had struck me by its non-stop moving without batteries. :-)

Fredon, New Jersey

Haven't been able to get out, so this is from last weekend (when I shouldn't have been out.) Now waiting for my bronchitis to get better so I can take some new pictures.

waterwheel at Weierhohl / Olpe

North Rhine-Westphalia

Germany

An elegant view of the Riverside Mill.

Ringwood Manor Park, New Jersey

2021 Walk 180: Day 10

I have copied the Bike 180 group concept and created a similar group for walking and photographing. Please feel free to join me! www.flickr.com/groups/14747082@N20/

This little contraption in the Nabeshima Shoto park is a model of an old mode of harvesting energy from flowing water. You can also see the autumn colors around. The park is a small one near the Shibuya station, Tokyo. Shot with 1/2s exposure to capture the motion, handheld but partially resting my camera on a fence.

鍋島松濤公園にあるこの機械は昔の水の流れを利用してエネルギーを作る機械の模型。周りに秋の色も見える。この小さい公園は東京の渋谷駅から近く。水車の動きを撮るためシャッター速度は1/2秒。カメラは手持ちだけど一部フェンスにもたれさせて撮った。

A beautiful old-fashioned waterwheel recreated in the Springfield, Missouri, Bass Pro store. We are so proud of this store and the nearby award-winning Wonders of Wildlife Aquarium.

As a special place of interest of Westphalian Mill street there is in Lahde the combined windmill and water mill called "Klostermühle".

The necessary energy can be won with the wings of the windmill or with a turbine from the water, from this type there is only an other functioning mill in Germany.

The "Klostermühle" stands in already 1292 mentioned as mill location.

In 1876 the 2-storied gallery Dutchman was established. The mill building established from bricks is plastered in the exposed side. The mill building has a big foundation for the waterwheel impulse in the basement.

The waterwheel at Abbey Mill, Tintern in the Wye Valley is the only surviving one of twenty-two originally sited on the River Wye. This wheel built in 1870, was renovated in 2008.

اللهُ اَكْبَرُ، اللهُ اَكْبَرُ، اللهُ اَكْبَرُ

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薬師池公園

Machida,Tokyo,Japan

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The waterwheel was removed from Rest Sawmill, Llanafan and set up beside the road in Pontrhydygroes as a working decorative feature.The wheel is positioned in the exact spot where a 26 foot wheel drove stamps which pulverised the ore, back in the 1850s. The water which pours from the site now turns the wheel.

The water source for this wheel is the same as it was in the 1850s, the fast flowing River Einion that runs down the steep mountains, draining from the nearby flood plane, down the hill to the River Rheidol nearby the 'Thieves' Steps'.

During the peak years of mining, some of the work was done by Cornishmen, who with their experience were often employed as 'Captains' or managers of the mines. Near Pontrhydygroes the Lisburne Mining Company built a Wesleyan Methodist chapel for them. This was the first such chapel built in the county. Today it lies forgotten and in ruins set back from the road among the ferns and the oak trees. Italians were also brought in to work the mines.

Niagara, OR

Cromford Mill, Derbyshire

Cromford Mill is the world's first water-powered cotton spinning mill, developed by Richard Arkwright in 1771 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England. The mill structure is classified as a Grade I listed building. It is now the centrepiece of the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site,.

The Homestead Grist Mill is housed in a historic timber-frame mill was originally built circa 1760 in the Long Valley of western New Jersey. Though very few remain, water-powered mills such as this one once dotted the American countryside. In use for almost one hundred and sixty years until it closed in 1918, Homestead Heritage found the mill in 2000, neglected and in disrepair, and brought it to Texas, where it has found a new home and renewed life as a working building that continues to grind grains the same way as when it first opened it’s doors nearly 250 years ago.

For anyone that ever visits the Waco area The homestead heritage is a great place to visit.

www.homesteadcraftvillage.com/

Water wheel of 19th century

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The waterwheel during heavy rainfall.

Apex NC

I've always wanted to build a scene like this, a little waterwheel framed by trees--so when my collab team said that's what they were thinking of, I was right on board! Loved getting to use some bright leaf colors (by the way, there are a ton of leaves in this build!) and the water was also super fun with some sideways tiles to hopefully get a good movement effect. And of course, the micro house was fun too. Only regret there is having a couple of leaves in the way of my gabled roof!

More pictures and some behind the scenes stuff on my blog!

The rest of the collab:

Spring

Summer

and Winter

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The waterwheel at the site of the old Tin Works at Aberdulais.

Overlooking the harbor at SF's Embarcadero.

Water mills, my friends, are a testament to the awesome force of nature harnessed by human ingenuity. These age-old structures, nestled along the banks of tranquil rivers and babbling brooks, have shaped the course of history. Water, the lifeblood of our planet, possesses an elemental power that spins the wheel, grinds the grain, and fuels the gears of industry. It's a timeless dance between mankind and the elements, a partnership that's etched in the very fabric of our civilization. The rhythmic turn of the water wheel, like a heartbeat, reminds us of the connection between the ever-flowing currents of nature and our ceaseless pursuit of progress. Water mills stand as timeless witnesses to the enduring synergy between water's might and human innovation, a reminder of the indomitable power that flows through our world.

Frogmore

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