Food Survival? Europeans who first settled in North America struggle to survive and water was a powerful resource.
Entrepreneur’s built wooden Mills in the 1700 and 1800’s powered by water allowing them to cut Lumber and grind flour.
Little history on building Mills in Watkins Glen, NY
A creek or gorge water was in an elevated channel, called a flume, where water would fall on top of a wood wheel turning it clockwise to create the power to grind the grain into flour.
This is an “overshot stone wheel design” was capable of grinding thousands of pounds of grain per day.
