fish wheel
Americannoun
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fish wheels
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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
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
But then the state fish and game people stopped us from usin' the fish wheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fat man carried a wheat sack whose heavy contents jingled when he sat it on the deck of the fish wheel.
From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley
The Wildcat made a line fast and threw the end of it into the hull of the fish wheel.
From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley
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