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The water may be dammed up above the level of Romorantin to such a height, that in its fall it may be used for numerous mills.
The river at Villefranche may be conducted to Romorantin which may be done by the inhabitants; and the timber of which their houses are built may be carried in boats to Romorantin 591 . The river may be dammed up at such a height that the waters may be brought back to Romorantin with a convenient fall.
252:591 : Compare No. 744.