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"ref": "1935, Benedict Read, The Green Child, Capuchin, published 2010, page 36",
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"ref": "2000, Lewis J Swindle, The History of the Gold Discoveries of the Northern Mines of California's Mother Lode Gold Belt As Told by the Newspapers and Miners 1848-1875, Trafford Publishing, page 8",
"text": "The mill race was a ditch that was cut which started along the river’s edge that ran past the mill to provide the water that would turn a wheel that would provide power to the saws. There was a gate on the ditch which could be raised or lowered to allow the water to run or to stop its flow down the ditch.",
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"A fast-running water-filled channel diverted from a river or stream used to drive the millwheel in a watermill."
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