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Ruins of an ancient Roman watermill complex, and 3D reconstruction, Southern France (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Overshot wheels, as the ones displayed in the reconstruction, are more efficient. Theoretically, I suppose, they could have made it one massive structure like a modern dam, but that would have been a lot of architectural effort for no real increase in efficiency.

[–] Oisteink 4 points 3 days ago

Dam? Just dont build all the houses and the water falls the same height. The one at the bottom spinns dam fast!

[–] TropicalDingdong 3 points 3 days ago

Maybe more manageable consistency in the grist. You would get just about the same level of work from each mill, so you products would maybe be more consistent?