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2005 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Tide Mill

Author : Roger H. Charlier

Published in: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Tide Mills (moulins à marée, molinos de mar, Gezeitenmoehlen, getijdenmolens) dotted the coasts and estuaries for several centuries until more efficient, but not less costly, alternatives all but wiped them off the map. A few are making a comeback. Some were still functioning during World War II in England and Wales, but most were derelict or their buildings transformed and used for other purposes (Wailes, 1941). History records show that tide mills once functioned on the rivers Thames (London Bridge), Tiber (in besieged Rome), and Danube (Charlier and Menanteau, 1998). A mill stood at the entrance of Dover Harbor in (1000) according to the Domesday Book. …

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Literature
1.
Charlier, R.H. and Menanteau, L., 1998. The saga of tide mills. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review, 1(3): 1–39.
2.
Creek, H., 1952. Tidal mill near Boston. Civil Engineering 22: 840–841.
3.
Gorlov, A.M., 1982. Hydropneumatic approach to harnessing tidal power. New approach. Proceedings of Tidal Power Conference [New Bedford, NS, Canada], 4: 1–5.
4.
Wailes, R., 1941. Tide mills in England and Wales. Junior Institute of Engineering, Journal and Record of Transactions, 51: 91–114.
Metadata
Title
Tide Mill
Author
Roger H. Charlier
Copyright Year
2005
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-1903-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4020-3880-8

Copyright Year: 2005

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3880-1_323