Wind and Water power and impoundments

by Dr Alan P Newman

19 Places

Folsom, California

The Folsom Powerhouse

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

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Llanelli, Wales

The old North Dock pump house

A former pumphouse and hydraulic accumulator tower at Llanelli's North Dock

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Matlock Bath, England

Masson Mill

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

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Cromford, England

Cromford Mill

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

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Bamford, England

The Upper Derwent Reservoirs

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

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Worksop, England

Ice Age Cave Dwellings at Creswell Crags

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

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Stainsby Mill

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Tibi Dam (Pantano de Tibi)

Possibly the oldest masonry dam in all of Europe.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota

Saint Anthony Falls Lock and Dam Visitor Centre

This visitor centre provides one of the best views of the upper St Anthony Falls that you can get.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mill City Museum and site of "The Great Mill Disaster"

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

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Heckington, England

Heckington 8-Sail Windmill

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pillsbury A-Mill

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

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Mills of Folon and Picon

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.

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Nashtifan, Iran

Nashtifan Windmills

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.

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Ballykeelaun, Ireland

Ardnacrusha Power Station

At the time of its construction, this hydroelectric power plant was the largest in the world.

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Zaragoza, Spain

Fountain of the Unbelievers

The engineer of the Imperial Canal of Aragon installed this fountain to show skeptics he had achieved his aim.

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Orihuela, Spain

The Painted Dam of Orihuela (Azudes de Rio Segura)

Painting of this dam or weir seems to be a tradition

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Centre, England

Aysgarth Falls

The most impressive falls in Wensleydale once produced power to weave the uniform of an Italian revolution.

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Sotresgudo, Spain

Old Wind Pumps at Santa Maria de Mave

Four unusual buildings of similar shape which were once important to the local agriculture

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