fish wheel
Americannoun
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fish wheels
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A fish wheel resembles a watermill that harnesses a river’s current to spin a wheel fitted with baskets that can scoop up salmon as they travel to spawning grounds upstream.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2021
In 2015, the Stickwan family prevailed and won possession of its 1.3-acre fish wheel site on the river and a legal right-of-way to it over other church property.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2021
But then the state fish and game people stopped us from usin' the fish wheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fish wheel was being boarded by another visitor.
From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley
On deck near the hatch coaming in the early night Mr. Ogaloff Skooglund, the proprietor of the fish wheel, massaged his front teeth with Copenhagen snuff and figured his winnings.
From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley
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