Tag:man_made=watermill
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A mill driven by water power. ![]() |
Group: man made |
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A watermill is a mill driven by water power. It has a waterwheel or turbine which is used to drive a mechanical process such as milling, grinding, rolling, or hammering.
- For
hydroelectricity facilities, see
power=generator
+generator:source=hydro
instead.
How to map
Add a node at the centre of the watermill or draw an area
and add the tag
man_made=watermill
.
You can also add a name=*
.
Tags used in combination
- Lifecycle concerns:
disused:watermill=yes
- Mill equipment is out of service, but the mill is still intact. The building might also be used for other purposes, for example, living, cafe, exhibition- abandoned:man_made=watermill - submitted by the owner and no longer serviced
ruins=yes
- if it is a ruin. In this case consider usingabandoned:man_made=watermill
instead ofman_made=watermill
.
tourism=attraction
- if the mill is operated as a tourist attractionstart_date=*
- when the mill was builtwikipedia=*
- Reference to the Wikipedia article about this specific watermill- Addresses and contact tags.
If a cafe is in the same building add another point and the corresponding properties. (See one feature, one OSM element.)
Rendering
See also
power=generator
+generator:source=hydro
- A device which converts one form of energy to another, for example, an electrical generator + specifies that generator is using hydropower as sourceman_made=windmill
- A traditional windmill, historically used to mill grain with wind powerlock=*
- Marks a stretch of waterway bounded by lock gates, forming a lockwaterway=dam
- A barrier built across a river or stream to block and regulate the flow of the riverwaterway=weir
- A barrier built across a river to control water speed and depth. Water can still flow over the topwaterway=lock_gate
- A gate of a lockwaterway=canal
- An artificial open flow waterway used to carry useful water for transportation, water power, or irrigation- Hydropower documentation