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Types of flood protection

Rag collectors and papermaking

Embankment construction measures For near-natural development, the embankments of small watercourses, canals and ditches are often fortified with wood or stones. In the case [...]

Grain mill with undershot waterwheel

How drillers hollowed out tree trunks manually

Fulling mills are mills in which so-called pounders (or hammers) fall down on fabrics, cloth or leather in order to clean them and felt [...]

The following animation shows how waterpower was used to generate a hammering motion from the rotation of an undershot waterwheel. [...]

Types of waterwheels

How does the pumping station at St. Albanteich work?