mill ponds
Still industrial waters
Mill ponds are bodies of water created by damming a stream to provide water power for a mill.
The pond stores water that can be released in controlled flow to turn a waterwheel.
Because mill ponds are typically calm and still, the phrase calm as a mill pond describes glassy, unruffled water or a serene temperament.
- millraceChannel driving water wheels
- water wheelStream-driven rotary power source
- waterwheelRiver-powered rotating mechanism
- damWater-holding barrier
- sluiceGated water conduit
reservoir · reflection · cattails · lily · weir · spillway · placid · ducks · flume · headwater · tranquil · mossy · dragonflies · turbine · grain · flour · stone · still water
- freshwaterriver water, freshwater lake, creek, brook, lake water
- Industrial Historyfactories, coal mines, power stations, gasworks, forges
- water systemswater pipes, water pipe, water storage, water line, irrigation ditches
- flour millingflour, grinding, wheat flour, flour production, gristmills
mill pondsrapids
Turbulent river section
torrents · brooks · waterfalls · cascades · creeks
mill pondswhitewater
Turbulent, aerated river flow
oceans · seas · storm surges · maelstroms · rough seas
mill pondswild rivers
Unregulated natural waterways
natural lakes · glacial lakes · natural springs · pristine lakes · oxbow lakes
mill, pond, mills, ponds, milled, milling, miller, millers, millstone