This article is about the type of watermill. For other uses, see Tide mill (disambiguation).
A tide mill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created across a suitable tidal inlet, or a section of river estuary is made into a reservoir. As the tide comes in, it enters the mill pond through a one-way gate, and this gate closes automatically when the tide begins to fall. When the tide is low enough, the stored water can be released to turn a water wheel.
Tide mills are usually situated in river estuaries, away from the effects of waves but close enough to the sea to have a reasonable tidal range. Cultures that built such mills have existed since the Middle Ages, and some may date back to the Roman period.
A modern version of a tide mill is the electricity-generating tidal barrage.
A tidemill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created across a suitable tidal inlet, or a section of river estuary...
waterwheel mills. Another way to classify water mills is by an essential trait about their location: tidemills use the movement of the tide; ship mills are...
see the mill in operation. This is a list of some of the surviving watermills and tidemills in the United Kingdom. "The Lesson of the Water Mill" Listen...
Woodbridge TideMill in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England is a rare example of a tidemill whose water wheel still turns and is capable of grinding a wholemeal...
economy of the Westport area, including owning and operating the Compo TideMill (see Mill Cove Historic District). He invented a farming implement important...
Eling TideMill, situated on an artificial causeway in Eling in Hampshire, England, is one of only two remaining operating tidemills in the United Kingdom...
English settlement of the North fork, from 1640 to 1900 AD. A tidemill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created...
was unenclosed marshland. A tidemill was built around 1771, although it is not known whether there was an earlier mill at the site. Marshes to the south...
Types of mill include the following: Watermill, a mill powered by moving water Windmill, a mill powered by moving air (wind) Tidemill, a water mill that...
and Eling TideMill Experience. St Mary's is a Norman church built on Saxon foundations with registers dating back to 1537. The Eling TideMill Experience...
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Nendrum Monastery mill was a tidemill on an Mahee Island in Strangford Lough now in Northern Ireland. It is the earliest excavated tidemill, dating from...
across the river, which was part of the tidemill situated on the south bank of the river. The present mill building dates from the late 18th century...
The Perkins TideMill was one of the last surviving 18th-century tidemills in the United States. Located on Mill Lane in Kennebunkport, Maine, it was...
per tide rising to 10 and 14 tons respectively on spring tides. The average weekly throughput of the two mills was 125 tons per week. Clock Mill was powered...
non-romanized parts of Germany a century later. The introduction of the ship mill and tidemill in the 6th century, both of which yet unattested for the ancient period...
Alresford Creek (a branch of the Colne Estuary) stands Thorrington Mill. This is a tidemill built in 1831 and now a Grade II* listed building. The east and...
shaft or spindle leading to the driving mechanism of the mill (wind, water (including tide), or other means). Often referred to as the "oldest industry"...
much older mill in the same location. The mill pond fills through open flood gates as the tide comes in. The gates are closed at high tide, and the pond...
old tidemill site. The mill was the property of the See of Rochester in 1323, being rebuilt by Hamo de Hethe in that year.A This was a tidemill.A This...
Slade Spice Mill is a historic tidemill located in Revere, Massachusetts listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Originally built for the...
important for milling. There was a tidemill at Fingringhoe, which was used between about 1520 and 1893, when it was replaced by a steam roller mill. Further...
Patrick. Dendrochronology has dated a tidemill on the island to the year 619, making this the oldest excavated tidemill anywhere in the world. The monastic...