Water wheel
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- A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or buckets arranged on the outside rim forming the driving car. Water wheels were still in commercial use well into the 20th century but they are no longer in common use. Uses included milling flour in gristmills, grinding wood into pulp for papermaking, hammering wrought iron, machining, ore crushing and pounding fibre for use in the manufacture of cloth.
Some water wheels are fed by water from a mill pond, which is formed when a flowing stream is dammed. A channel for the water flowing to or from a water wheel is called a mill race. The race bringing water from the mill pond to the water wheel is a headrace; the one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.
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Im Mühlengrunde
Eine Mühle mit einem...
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Image: Gleimhaus Halberstadt - CC BY-NC-SA -
Deckelpokal mit Wappen der Familien Katte und Möllendorf
Deckelpokal aus farblosem,...
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Image: Potsdam Museum - Forum für Kunst und Geschichte - CC BY-NC-SA -
Wappenschild & Hölzernes Wappen der Gemeinde Massen
Hölzerne, farbig gefasste...
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Image: Hellweg-Museum Unna - CC BY-NC-SA -
Gürtelschloss eines Müllers (1810)
Zweiteilige Schließe mit...
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Image: Albert-Heyde-Stiftung - CC BY-NC-SA -
Umschauzeichen der Müller (18. Jh.)
Barocke Kartusche mit Öse,...
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Image: Albert-Heyde-Stiftung - CC BY-NC-SA
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