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n. -A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water to provide power

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  • Near the milldam was the millpond, deep and full of fish; a little mill with a thatched roof was working away with
  • No comfort there: the milldam was ahead.
  • A picket of 50 men in fort Putnam, 25 in fort Box, a sergt. & 12 men at the milldam from the 9th, 11th, 12th Regts.
  • The 'six hundred and twenty thousand tons of water each minute' nearly ceased to flow, and dwindled away into the appearance of a mere milldam.
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