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Recent Examples of millstreamDating back to at least the 12th century, the island is separated from Lesser Town by a millstream that powered local mills for hundreds of years.—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 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.—Laura Euler For Dirt.com, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2021
This gem detailing the ancient underground aqueducts of Rome gives both a visual and historical account of man’s insatiable appetite to overcome nature and create astonishing engineering marvels to uplift the human condition.
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Smithsonian magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
The tunnel would create a second route to transport water to the state’s pumping facilities on the south side of the Delta, where supplies enter the aqueducts of the State Water Project and are delivered to 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland.
Yet the British press documented her life as the type of mother that millions of women could recognize: running barefoot in the mums’ race at a school sports day; riding the log flume with her children at a theme park; dropping the kids off at school, dressed in leggings and a baggy sweater.
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Air Mail,
Air Mail,
10 May 2025
Braving a series of twists and turns while racing down the flume of a high-speed dueling water coaster?
Sun Sentinel
Dave Hyde: Ten April blunders tell why Dolphins don’t win in January
For too much of a quarter-century, the Dolphins have been on the wrong side of either-or draft decisions.
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South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2025
Still, on May 4, India lowered sluice gates at the Baglihar dam, effectively reducing the downstream flow to Pakistan through the Chenab River by up to 90%, according to the Hindustan Times.
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Chad de Guzman,
Time,
7 May 2025
This option returns the pond to its full former glory including sluice gate repair, dredging the full pond area and recreational enhancements to include 5.7 acres of open water and two fishing platforms.
The spillway was built in 1931 to remove pressure on the levees protecting New Orleans by diverting up to 250,000 cubic feet of fresh water per second into Lake Pontchartrain’s brackish waters.
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Amy Graff,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
The South Florida Water Management District is working with the Army Corps of Engineer and county officials on an expensive plan to put in 20 new pumps and raise spillway gates.
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