Definition of Milldams. Meaning of Milldams. Synonyms of Milldams

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Definition of Milldams

Milldam
Milldam Mill"dam`, n. A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel.

Meaning of Milldams from wikipedia

- [citation needed] Listed are here are some of the many examples of historic milldams and millponds (or place names taken from them). Bramley Millpond in Bramley...
- Milldam Barracks is a former a military installation at Portsmouth, Hampshire. The complex includes two Grade II listed buildings. Milldam here refers...
- Milldam Rice Mill and Rice Barn, also known as Kinloch Plantation, is a historic rice plantation property and national historic district located near...
- man-made floods, known as pond freshets, created by successively breaking milldams along the length of the river. These freshets could carry up to 800 skiffs...
- mill complex currently consists of a millhouse, ****hot wheel, and milldam, all of which are operative. The mill is the only structure in Pigeon Forge...
- Pigeon Forge, a working grist mill constructed in 1830 by Isaac Love on a milldam impoundment of the West Fork in downtown Pigeon Forge, is one of the best...
- Other theories include that it comes from the Swedish word damber, meaning milldam; another is that it comes from the ancient Scandinavian words þambr ("fat-bellied")...
- (which intersects the Parkway at Light #7). The site includes a millhouse, milldam, and ****hot wheel. Pigeon Forge is located on the West Fork of the...
- spun by Habetrot, bleached by an honest bleacher in an honest miller's milldam and sewed by an honest tailor. Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties...
- (the surviving 18th-century Gatcombe House served as the Officers' Mess). Milldam Barracks (Royal Engineers) – built late 18th century onwards, housed the...