Overshot wheels, as the ones displayed in the reconstruction, are more efficient. Theoretically, I suppose, they could have made it one massive structure like a modern dam, but that would have been a lot of architectural effort for no real increase in efficiency.
Maybe more manageable consistency in the grist. You would get just about the same level of work from each mill, so you products would maybe be more consistent?
Overshot wheels, as the ones displayed in the reconstruction, are more efficient. Theoretically, I suppose, they could have made it one massive structure like a modern dam, but that would have been a lot of architectural effort for no real increase in efficiency.
Dam? Just dont build all the houses and the water falls the same height. The one at the bottom spinns dam fast!
Maybe more manageable consistency in the grist. You would get just about the same level of work from each mill, so you products would maybe be more consistent?