Mill pond

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title: "Mill pond" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hydraulic-engineering", "ponds", "hydrology", "topography"] description: "Body of water used as a reservoir for a water-powered mill" topic_path: "science/earth-science" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_pond" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Body of water used as a reservoir for a water-powered mill ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Hagley_mill_race.JPG" caption="Brandywine Creek]] in [[Delaware]] which fed the [[mill race]] powering the [[gunpowder]] mills owned by [[DuPont]], historical armaments supplier in the U.S."] ::

A mill pond (or millpond) is a body of water used as a reservoir for a water-powered mill.{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Mill%20pond|access-date=7 September 2013 |author=Random House Dictionary |quote=mill·pond [mil-pond] noun 1. a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel. Origin: 1640–50; mill1 + pond |date=1640–1650|title=Mill pond at Dictionary.com

Description

Mill ponds were often created through the construction of a mill dam or weir (and mill stream) across a waterway.

In many places, the common proper name Mill Pond has remained even though the mill has long since gone. It may be fed by a man-made stream,{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Mill%20pond |access-date=7 September 2013 |author=World English Dictionary|publisher=HarperCollins|edition=Collins English Dictionary 10th |quote=leat (liːt) — n ( Brit ) 1. a trench or ditch that conveys water to a mill wheel [Old English -gelǣt (as in wætergelǣt water channel), from let 1 ] |year=1640|title=Leat at Dictionary.com

The term mill pond is often used colloquially and in literature to refer to a very flat body of water.{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Mill%20pond|access-date=7 September 2013 |author=World English Dictionary|publisher=HarperCollins|edition=Collins English Dictionary 10th |quote=millpond (ˈmɪlˌpɒnd)— n 1. a pool formed by damming a stream to provide water to turn a millwheel 2. any expanse of calm water: the sea was a millpond |title=Mill pond at Dictionary.com ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Cromford_mill_pond.jpg" caption="Panorama of Cromford mill pond at [[Cromford]], [[Derbyshire]], England"] ::

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References

1. [http://titanic-children.webs.com/ruthbecker.htm Ruth Becker] {{webarchive. link. (2011-08-31 Titanic witness)

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