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the energy of falling or fast-running water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes. since ancient times, hydropower from many kinds of watermills has been used as a renewable energy source for irrigation and the operation of various mechanical devices, such as gristmills , sawmills , textile mills
, trip hammers , dock cranes , domestic lifts , and ore mills. a trompe , which produces compressed air from falling water, is sometimes used to power other machinery at a distance. [ ] [ ] in the late th century, hydropower became a source for generating electricity . cragside in northumberland was...
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