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The Barbegal Aqueduct and Mills are a Roman watermill complex in France, dating to the 2nd century AD and notable as the largest known concentration of mechanical power in antiquity.
The Hierapolis Sawmill was a Roman water-powered stone sawmill in Asia Minor dating to the 3rd century AD, notable for its early use of a crank and connecting rod mechanism.
Quarry Bank Mill is a water-powered cotton mill at Styal, Cheshire, built by Samuel Greg in 1784 and preserved as a major Industrial Revolution site.
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a Sheffield museum on a former scythe works, formally recorded in 1714 and preserved as a Grade I industrial site.
Houghton Mill is a National Trust watermill on the Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire, England, with milling recorded on the site since 974.
Fountains Abbey Mill is a Grade I Cistercian watermill in North Yorkshire, England, built in the 1130s or 1140s and later used as a sawmill.
Woodbridge Tide Mill is a Grade I Suffolk tide mill first recorded in 1170, notable as a rare tide mill still able to grind wholemeal flour.
House Mill is a Grade I listed 1776 tide mill at Three Mills, London, often described as the largest surviving tidal mill in Britain.
Located in County Donegal, Ireland, the Newmills Corn and Flax Mills are a historic industrial complex featuring a massive 40-foot waterwheel used for agricultural processing.
Clifton Mill is a historic gristmill in Clifton, Ohio, noted as one of the largest surviving water-powered gristmills and adjacent to an 1886 covered bridge.
War Eagle Mill is a working reproduction of a 19th-century gristmill in Arkansas, USA, notable for using water power to stone-grind organic grain products.
Sarehole Mill is a 17th-century watermill in Birmingham, England, notable as the childhood home inspiration for author J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth works.
McConnell's Mill is a restored gristmill on Slippery Rock Creek in Pennsylvania, rebuilt after an 1868 fire and later modernized with rolling mills.
Established in 1794 in County Cork, Ireland, the Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills was a major industrial facility that utilized water power to manufacture gunpowder.
Armley Mills is a historic industrial complex in Leeds, England, that was once the world's largest woolen mill and now operates as a major industrial museum.
Yates Mill is a restored circa 1756 gristmill near Raleigh, North Carolina, and the only surviving operable gristmill in Wake County.
Coldharbour Mill is a woollen textile mill at Uffculme, Devon, England, in production from 1797 and associated with Fox Brothers.
Butte Creek Mill is a water-powered gristmill in Eagle Point, Oregon, built in 1872, destroyed by fire in 2015, and rebuilt by 2020.
Bale Grist Mill is a historic 1846 water-powered mill in California, USA, notable for its 36-foot wooden water wheel and operation as a state park museum.
Finch Foundry is a 19th-century water-powered forge at Sticklepath, Devon, England, once producing about 400 edge tools a day.
Bridgeton Mill is an 1871 grist mill on Big Raccoon Creek in Parke County, Indiana, part of Bridgeton's historic covered bridge district.
Eling Tide Mill is a Grade II* listed tide mill in Hampshire, England, rebuilt around 1785 and one of the UK's few operating tide mills.
Bear's Mill is an 1849 gristmill near Greenville, Ohio, recognized as the oldest existing industrial building in Darke County.
Water Mill in Water Mill, New York, is a 1644 gristmill attributed to Edward Howell and listed on the National Register in 1983.
Whitchurch Silk Mill is a Grade II* listed water-powered silk mill in Hampshire, England, built in 1800 and converted to silk throwing in 1817.
Newlin Grist Mill is a 1704 water-powered mill in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, built by Nathaniel and Mary Newlin and operated commercially until 1941.
Watson's Mill is a historic 1860 stone gristmill in Ontario, Canada, notable for its unique turbine-driven machinery and standing as a designated heritage site.
Lanterman's Mill is an 1845-1846 gristmill in Youngstown's Mill Creek Park, restored in 1982-1985 as a working historic mill.
Preston Mill is a historic 18th-century water-powered meal mill in East Lothian, Scotland, notable for its distinctive conical roof and intact machinery.
Panchakki, also known as the water mill, is a 17th-century complex in Aurangabad, India, that used an underground water channel to grind grain for pilgrims.
