Milldam
A mill dam (International English) or milldam (US) is a dam constructed on a waterway to create a mill pond.[1]
Water passing through a dam's spillway is used to turn a water wheel and provide energy to the many varieties of watermill. By raising the water level so that the overflow has farther to fall, a milldam increases the potential energy that a mill can harness and use for various tasks.[citation needed]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Mountain_Carmel_Mill_Dam_-_NARA_-_281097.jpg/440px-Mountain_Carmel_Mill_Dam_-_NARA_-_281097.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/River_mill_dam_governor_test.png/350px-River_mill_dam_governor_test.png)
Examples
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/York-mill-dam-tn1.jpg/220px-York-mill-dam-tn1.jpg)
Listed are here are some of the many examples of historic milldams and millponds (or place names taken from them).
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Greenville_-_Mill_Dam.jpg/220px-Greenville_-_Mill_Dam.jpg)
Examples in the United Kingdom include
- Bramley Millpond in Bramley, Surrey
- Ifield Millpond in Ifield, West Sussex
- Valebridge Millpond on the outskirts of Burgess Hill, West Sussex
- Mill Dam, Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands
Examples in the United States include
- Milldam Rice Mill and Rice Barn in Georgetown County, South Carolina
- Atwater Millpond in Kalamazoo County, Michigan
- Ballardvale Millpond in Ballardvale, Massachusetts
- Bigler's Millpond in Bigler's Mill, Virginia
- Crump's Millpond in Quinton, Virginia
- Gardy's Millpond in Westmoreland and Northumberland County, Virginia
- Glovers Millpond in Glascock County, Georgia
- Goodrich Millpond in Genesee County, Michigan
- Goodwin's Millpond in Marlboro County, South Carolina
- Hands Millpond in Cape May County, New Jersey
- Merchants Millpond State Park in Gates County, North Carolina
- Millpond, a small lake in Butler, New York
- Millpond Acres in Sussex County, Delaware
- Millpond Park in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
- Millpond Plantation in Thomas County, Georgia
- Millpond Reservoir in Burlington, Massachusetts
References
- ^ "Milldam definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". www.collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved 2021-08-08.