水磨

水磨（英語：watermill）是水力驅動的磨。這種結構使用水車或水輪機來驅動研磨、滾動或槌打等機械過程，可用來生產穀粉、木材、紙、布、金屬產品等。裝有水磨的工廠稱為水磨坊，這包括了麵粉廠、鋸木廠、造紙廠、紡織廠、 錘磨廠（英語：hammermill）、跳錘（英語：trip hammer）廠、軋制廠、拉絲（英語：wire drawing）廠等。祖沖之曾經設計製造過利用水力舂米（英語：Rice pounder）、磨麵的水碓磨。

比利時布賴恩勒沙托12世紀的水磨

英國萊姆里傑斯水磨坊的內部（14世紀）

王禎農書卷十九水磨插圖

參見

• 水碓

伸延閱讀

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• Donners, K.; Waelkens, M.; Deckers, J., Water Mills in the Area of Sagalassos: A Disappearing Ancient Technology, Anatolian Studies 52, 2002, 52: 1–17, JSTOR 3643076, S2CID 163811541, doi:10.2307/3643076
• Gauldie, Enid (1981). The Scottish Miller 1700 - 1900. Pub. John Donald. ISBN 0-85976-067-7.
• Gimpel, Jean, The Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages, London: Penguin (Non-Classics), 1977, ISBN 978-0-14-004514-7 含有內容需登入查看的頁面 (link)
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• Ritti, Tullia; Grewe, Klaus; Kessener, Paul, A Relief of a Water-powered Stone Saw Mill on a Sarcophagus at Hierapolis and its Implications, Journal of Roman Archaeology 20, 2007, 20: 138–163
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外部連結

• Mill database with over 10000 European mills （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• The International Molinological Society (TIMS) （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• The Society for the Preservation of Old Mills (SPOOM) （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• U.S. mill pictures and information （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• Watermills in Norfolk, England （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• Mills in Hampshire, England （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• Windmills and watermills of the East Grinstead area 互聯網檔案館的存檔，存檔日期2016-12-27.