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Traditional water mills were found in China as early as 30 A.D., and humans have been extracting power from the flow of water ever since.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
In fact, French newspaper Le Monde reported, the group had actually hacked a water mill in a small village and caused its water level to drop by 20 centimeters.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 8 May 2024
There is a floating tennis court and a spa in a converted water mill.
—Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2023
The storm was just above us, and the furious torrent rushed past the renovated water mill.
—Sylvie Bigar, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
Wet, below the snowline, smelling of vegetation With a running stream and a water mill beating the darkness.
—New York Times, 19 July 2022
However, the water mills on the River Len, from where the house gets its name, are known to be much older than that.
—Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2021
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
In fact, French newspaper Le Monde reported, the group had actually hacked a water mill in a small village and caused its water level to drop by 20 centimeters.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 8 May 2024
There is a floating tennis court and a spa in a converted water mill.
—Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2023
The storm was just above us, and the furious torrent rushed past the renovated water mill.
—Sylvie Bigar, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
Wet, below the snowline, smelling of vegetation With a running stream and a water mill beating the darkness.
—New York Times, 19 July 2022
However, the water mills on the River Len, from where the house gets its name, are known to be much older than that.
—Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2021
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“Water mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20mill. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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