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[[File:Mill_Race.jpg|320px|framed|right|Figure 1. An example of a long mill race.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (August 27, 2015). ''Mill Race'' [Online]. Available: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mill_Race.jpg/740px-Mill_Race.jpg</ref>]] | [[File:Mill_Race.jpg|320px|framed|right|Figure 1. An example of a long mill race.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (August 27, 2015). ''Mill Race'' [Online]. Available: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mill_Race.jpg/740px-Mill_Race.jpg</ref>]] | ||
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The race can be a few [[meter]]s in length to several [[kilometer]]s depending on how far the water source is from the site of the waterwheel. A single race can serve one or many wheels.<ref>TR Hazen. ''How to Site a Mill'' [Online]. Available: http://www.angelfire.com/journal/millrestoration/site.html</ref> | The race can be a few [[meter]]s in length to several [[kilometer]]s depending on how far the water source is from the site of the waterwheel. A single race can serve one or many wheels.<ref>TR Hazen. ''How to Site a Mill'' [Online]. Available: http://www.angelfire.com/journal/millrestoration/site.html</ref> | ||
The phrase mill race | The phrase mill race only describes the water channel directing water to an overshot or breastshot wheel. For an [[waterwheel#Overshot Wheel|overshot waterwheel]], a special channel must be built to direct water over the top of the waterwheel. For this type of channel, a [[flume]] is used instead.<ref>Whitemill. (August 27, 2015). ''Types of Water Wheels'' [Online]. Available: http://www.whitemill.org/z0028.htm</ref> | ||
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The mill race (also mill-lade or just lade)[2] is a channel that carries water from its source - a hydroelectric dam or river — to the site of a mill using a waterwheel. This mill race directs the water to the waterwheel - either underneath it in the case of an undershot waterwheel or at a midway height in the case of a breastshot waterwheel.
The race can be a few meters in length to several kilometers depending on how far the water source is from the site of the waterwheel. A single race can serve one or many wheels.[3]
The phrase mill race only describes the water channel directing water to an overshot or breastshot wheel. For an overshot waterwheel, a special channel must be built to direct water over the top of the waterwheel. For this type of channel, a flume is used instead.[4]
For Further Reading
References
- ↑ Wikimedia Commons. (August 27, 2015). Mill Race [Online]. Available: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mill_Race.jpg/740px-Mill_Race.jpg
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary entry: lade
- ↑ TR Hazen. How to Site a Mill [Online]. Available: http://www.angelfire.com/journal/millrestoration/site.html
- ↑ Whitemill. (August 27, 2015). Types of Water Wheels [Online]. Available: http://www.whitemill.org/z0028.htm
