A little late, but try Google first on these puzzlers. Knowing "leat" and they were discussing water,
http://www.google.com/search?q=LEAT+water&hl=en&lr=lang_en&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3 A2004-07%2CGGLD%3Aen&biw= which yields 123, 000 pages. The first has " About Dartmoor ... which carried the leat water from the head weir and around an outcrop of ... secured a forty-two year lease to continue drawing leat water legally. ... www.corboy.co.uk/drakes_leat.html - 43k - Cached - Similar pages Plymouth, Water Supply (Plymouth Leat) (Drake's Leat) Plymouth's fresh ewater supply came by means of the Plymouth or Drake's Leat. www.plymouthdata.info/WaterSupply.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages Horner Mill, History and Conversion details Extensive repairs to the existing mill leat, and the addition of a new 150 ... of the leat wall adjacent to the river collapsed returning all water to the ... www.hornermill.co.uk/about.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages South West Water: A big dam job! ... Plymouth Corporation abandoned the old Drake's Leat water supply to the city ... Although Sir Francis Drake's 18 miles long leat had served Plymouth for ... www.swwater.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=240 - 17k - Cached - Similar pages Wheal Betsy The Reddaford Leat was built around 1800 to bring water to the mines at Mary Tavy. ... Sometimes it seems as though the leat water is running uphill - an ... www.richkni.co.uk/dartmoor/betsy.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages " Google is so marveous! Frank -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [microhydro] Digest Number 1150 In a message dated 4/29/2005 8:09:49 PM GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Well, I went to 3 dictionaries and 4 electronic ones but could not define > what LEAT is , so please kindly let me know the meaning. > A leat is an artificial watercourse that takes water from say a river and conveys it to a point where it can be used - the most typical application was to drive a waterwheel in a mine. I think the word is common here in south west England. I have recently been tracing the course of a leat across Dartmoor (a large area of unspoilt land in western England). The leat was made in 1480 and can be traced for almost 10 km. In some places there is still water lying in the leat. Perran Newman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
