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the Americas um they built small scale dams not the big hydrop Power dams that you guys have out here but small scale
dams sometimes to power Mills sometimes actually for ice ponds um you know there was no freezer or Refrigeration so if
you damned a little river you could back up the water and it would freeze in the winter time you could harvest the ice
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A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
“A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.”
The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.
“Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam.”
To block the flow of water.
“Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]”
Damn.
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