We’ve long relied on water as a means of transport and sustenance, but let’s not forget it is also a source of power.

And no medieval machine was better suited to take advantage of that power than the waterwheel. And thanks to the waterwheel, the dark ages were made a little less dark and took less time than they might have. It’s thanks to the harnessed power of water, via the waterwheel, that we can even be here today to hear what we have to say.

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