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Tidal mill at Olhão, Portugal

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.

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Tide mill

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Watermill

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List of watermills in the United Kingdom

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see the mill in operation. This is a list of some of the surviving watermills and tide mills in the United Kingdom. "The Lesson of the Water Mill"   Listen...

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Woodbridge Tide Mill

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Woodbridge Tide Mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England is a rare example of a tide mill whose water wheel still turns and is capable of grinding a wholemeal...

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Henry Burr Sherwood

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economy of the Westport area, including owning and operating the Compo Tide Mill (see Mill Cove Historic District). He invented a farming implement important...

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Eling Tide Mill

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Eling Tide Mill, situated on an artificial causeway in Eling in Hampshire, England, is one of only two remaining operating tide mills in the United Kingdom...

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List of tide mills on Long Island

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English settlement of the North fork, from 1640 to 1900 AD. A tide mill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created...

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Battlesbridge

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was unenclosed marshland. A tide mill was built around 1771, although it is not known whether there was an earlier mill at the site. Marshes to the south...

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List of types of mill

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Totton and Eling

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and Eling Tide Mill Experience. St Mary's is a Norman church built on Saxon foundations with registers dating back to 1537. The Eling Tide Mill Experience...

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Windmill

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History of wind power Horse mill List of windmills Mill (heraldry) Molinology Sustainable energy Sustainable living Tide mill Watermill "Windmill". Merriam-webster...

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Nendrum Monastery mill

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Nendrum Monastery mill was a tide mill on an Mahee Island in Strangford Lough now in Northern Ireland. It is the earliest excavated tide mill, dating from...

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River Crouch

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across the river, which was part of the tide mill situated on the south bank of the river. The present mill building dates from the late 18th century...

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Perkins Tide Mill

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The Perkins Tide Mill was one of the last surviving 18th-century tide mills in the United States. Located on Mill Lane in Kennebunkport, Maine, it was...

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Three Mills

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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...

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List of early medieval watermills

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non-romanized parts of Germany a century later. The introduction of the ship mill and tide mill in the 6th century, both of which yet unattested for the ancient period...

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Thorrington

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Alresford Creek (a branch of the Colne Estuary) stands Thorrington Mill. This is a tide mill built in 1831 and now a Grade II* listed building. The east and...

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Millstone

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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"...

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Carew Tidal Mill

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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...

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Medway watermills

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old tide mill 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 tide mill.A This...

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Gristmill

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Grist mill at Jarrell Plantation, acquired 1899 Water-powered corn mill at Mingus Mill List of watermills Hammermill Tide mill Unifine Mill Ship mill Chondrometer...

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Slade Spice Mill

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Slade Spice Mill is a historic tide mill located in Revere, Massachusetts listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Originally built for the...

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Roman River

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important for milling. There was a tide mill at Fingringhoe, which was used between about 1520 and 1893, when it was replaced by a steam roller mill. Further...

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Nendrum Monastery

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Patrick. Dendrochronology has dated a tide mill on the island to the year 619, making this the oldest excavated tide mill anywhere in the world. The monastic...

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