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Watermills

Watermill in Gondelim (Portugal)

Awatermillis a mill that usesmoving water as a power source. It is a structure that uses awater wheelorwater turbineto drive a mechanical process such asmilling (grinding),rolling, or hammering.Introduction

Old Watermill in Rio Maior (Portugal)

Hellenistic engineers invented the two main components of watermills: the waterwheel and toothed gearing. And were, along with the Romans, the first to operate undershot, overshot and breast shot watermills.History

Watermill in SyriaWatermill in 19th century

The flowing water would turn the spinning wheel that is connected by a vertical wooden axle to the two millstones that ground the wheat, on the ground floor.Mechanism

Watermill mechanism

A water mill, is any type of mechanism capable to use to advantage the kinetic energy of the water movement and that it allows, to grind grains, to irrigate great rice fields, to drain lands flooded and also generating electricity.

Utility

In Beira Baixa exists 26 Watermills.

In our region watermills are mainly in Pvoa de Rio de Moinhos.

Location

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