Tag:man_made=watermill
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A mill driven by water power. 
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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.
- Forhydroelectricity facilities, see
power=generator+generator:source=hydroinstead.
How to map
Add a node at the centre of the watermill or draw an area and add the tag man_made=.
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=watermillinstead ofman_made=.
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