0 a mill (= a machine that produces flour) whose power is provided by a large wheel that is turned by moving water, especially a river
It governs all kinds of energy—windmills, watermills and donkeys walking around in circles, and so on.
Until modern engines driven by steam and oil came into use, the watermill was a feature of every stream and river in the land.
But the old problem of the sufficiency of water to keep the watermills going is now no longer with us.
We have had watermills since at least 1164, horse-driven mills since 1561, windmills since 1585, steam trains since 1876 and petrol and diesel engines since 1903.
Along its flow, until the 1970s on this rive there were at least 10 watermills.
It includes a watermill for producing flour, a forge, an archery range and old cottages.
There are two fully restored and working windmills, watermill and a museum and coffee shop.
Later, the uncertainties of wind and water power were overcome by the installation of a steam engine at the watermill.
