Mill race
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A mill race, millrace or millrun, mill lade or mill leat is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel conducting water to or from a water wheel. Compared with the broad waters of a
Mill Race, Redbournbury Mill, River Ver, near St Albans.
A head race
Storckensohn water head race, or flume.
Tail race rejoining River Meon.
Sluice
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A sluice is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage water flow and water level. There are various types of sluice gates, including flap sluice gates and fan gates.
Mill race
…mill race, millrace or millrun, mill lade (Scotland) or mill leat (Southwest England) is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel (sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel. Compared with the broad waters of a mill pond, the narrow current is swift and powerful. The race leading…
A sluice gate
Xihe Regulating Sluice in Yangliuqing Town, Xiqing District, Tianjin Municipality
A small wooden sluice in Magome, Japan, used to power a waterwheel
Sluice gates near Henley, on the River Thames