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Recent Examples of millraceAccording to the North Branford Land Conservation Trust, the dam and millrace in the area dates back to 1761 and over its history was used to power a lumber mill, cider mill, grist mill and a factory that produced ax handles.—Peter Marteka, courant.com, 25 Feb. 2018
In the center of it is a drainage canal in a wide valley that is designed to hold and safely disperse water.
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Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
Resembling a minnow near the surface of the water, these rental boats come with easy instructions for beginners who are unfamiliar with how to operate the canal’s lock system along the way.
Perched beside the River Wye, The Woodyard is a charming riverside restaurant—housed in a former 1810 marble works—its glass floor revealing the old millstream trickling below.
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Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
One of them is recorded in the Domesday Book, which was written in 1086, and pieces of a Roman millstone have recently been found in the bed of the millstream.
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Laura Euler for Dirt.com,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2021
Beyond the waterway’s importance to the surf, Chouinard and his pals knew that as recently as the 1940s, the Ventura had been a major spawning ground for thousands of steelhead trout and Chinook salmon.
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David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
The waterways that have earned the city the nickname Venice of America.
While the long-popular attraction retains much of its ride infrastructure, including an elevator lift and flume design that allows for a steep, watery descent, Journey to Atlantis does have new elements, beginning with the queue itself.
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Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
Visitors can enjoy the Splashdown log flume, the Sky Diver and Free Fall drop towers and the Sea Dragon swinging ship.
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