Posted by Allan_Lang on December 13, 2002 at 02:46:14 from 202.61.171.25 user Allan_Lang.
In Reply to: Re: Tide Mill (Re: Pin Mill and Hamford Water) posted by Patrick Fox on December 10, 2002 at 10:47:47:
Patrick, your explanation of low level needed in the mill race is probably the correct one.
Even without reversing gearing, a three race layout with two swinging boom gates would allow operation on both inward and outward flow (out through the wheel race on the ebb, and in-out-in through all three on the in-flow)
But if it is necessary to keep the level in the tide race low then the inflow will only work while the millpond level is very low