Woobian watermill

woobian watermilling - small ridges upwards are dug where the river naturally flows downward - in the centre the riverbed is carved for the water to go up and on the sides the river bed is carved to flow downward - wheels with siphoning rods are placed across the entire river - wheels with the siphons opening pointing to the right flow clockwise - wheels with the siphons opening pointing to the left flow counter clockwise - there are usually 4-6 clockwise mills at the sides of a river and 6-8 counter clockwise mills in the middle for rivers only used for flowing water to an area (similar to an aqueduct) - watermills on bigger rivers are usually kept to the sides and consist of 2 counter clockwise and 1 clockwise - these mills allow for the water flow to be strengthened when a channel offshoots off a main river - artifical canals are often dug sprouting from stronger rivers and flow water downhill - watermiller homes often have many watermills on the sides or under their homes