The Old Mill Sluice Gates

The other day with my waterfall I tried to explain about sluice gates, well this set at an old mill should be much easier to explain.

The river is flowing from the left and disappears under my signature on the right. To get the mill working, the 4 sluice gates are closed and the river is forced to go under the mill in the background and turn the waterwheel which makes the machinery work - SIMPLES.

Best viewed with the magnify button above the picture.

[Ruby]

Lovely photo, nice and peaceful

[Connie]

Love all of the different shades of green in this one, Heather. Thanks for the explanation!

[Gayanne Campbell]

Lovely shot, your sluice gates work the same as our dam gates do. By opening or closing for the water, one is able to generate power by water. It helped when you explained how it works. I got it, light bulb went off for me. LOL

[Graham Thresher]

Fav. a super shot and very clear explanation.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot!

[Alice Burghart]

Nice shot and very interesting explanation.

[Diana Moss]

A lovely shot Heather

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@ourrube @connie865 @zenna @thresheg @elisasaeter @libertylady @snowy Thank you all for your comments, glad that has cleared everything about sluice gates up.

[Claire]

Beautiful shot, I do like mills

[Joey]

Such a lovely capture, you are really so lucky to be surrounded by such beautiful sceneries.

[David]

Nicely captured Heather

[Gerry]

fav this is so beautiful Heather it reminds me a little bit of a place in Devon called Buckfast Abbey they have a building similar

[virtualbrownie]

It is a beautiful setting

[Phil Cameron]

the mills were clearly the hub of industry there abouts

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@claireuk @joeyc @killeen @gerry @virtualbrownie @philcameron59 Thank you all for your comments, the valleys around here is a mass of old mills using the 5 rivers that flow through.

[Susan Golding]

Lovely peaceful shot.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@windridge Thanks Susan, it is as you can see by the benches.

[John]

Fascinating! How I love old mills. And you explained it real well.
FAV

[Kathie]

Love the word sluice. Sounds like you're drunk.....and with your explanation yesterday...well. Great composite with the mill background.

[Lin]

Lovely capture - I want to be sitting on that bench, watching the water...(it's 5 degrees here right now...I love viewing all that green...)

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@congaree @kathiecb @linnypinny Thank you all for your comments and FAV, it's appreciate.

[carol white]

A lovely capture!! Very nice to sit there in summer and listen to the river,babbling!!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@carolmw It is Carol, thank you.