#watermills

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Mill stuff. Cool stuff. Yay

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Watermills on the Authie River in Auxi-le-Château, Pas-de-Calais, France

French vintage postcard

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Would you rather visit

The Great Laxey Wheel, Laxey, Isle of Man 🇮🇲

Mlinčići Watermills, Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦

Glade Creek Grist Mill, Babcock State Park, West Virginia 🇺🇸

Lindekemale Mill, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium 🇧🇪

Voting ended onJul 3

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Researchers study the unique hydraulics in the Barbegal water mills, the world's earliest known industrial plant

The Barbegal watermills in southern France are a unique complex dating back to the second century AD. The construction and its 16 waterwheels represent the first attempt in Europe to build a machine complex on an industrial scale. The complex was created when the Roman Empire was at the height of its power. However, little is known about technological advances, particularly in the field of hydraulics and the spread of knowledge at the time. A team of scientists led by Professor Cees Passchier from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has now gained new knowledge about the construction and principle of the water supply to the mills in Barbegal. The research results were published in Scientific Reports.

Watermills were one of the first sources of energy that did not depend on the muscle strength of humans or animals. In the Roman Empire, water-powered production was used to make flour and cut stone and wood. As one of the first industrial complexes in European history, the Barbegal watermills are an outstanding example of the development at that time. Read more.

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Everglade Watermills by TheEnderling

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Another day @ the mill