The millrace is the canal or stream from a ditch that supplies water to the water wheel. The millrace was usually constructed by putting a wier or diversion dam on the stream and digging a canal alongside the stream or river until the drop was sufficient to build a mill. The mill wheel was constructed to have scoops or buckets that would fill with water and force the wheel to turn, thus supplying power to the wheel shaft that could be used to power a grinder with a millstone.
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