As the national authority on historic tide mills and a center reporting on today’s rapidly evolving tidal energy industry, the Tide Mill Institute is pleased to announce a speaker program — “Tide Mill Talks.”
The Tide Mill Talks program is perfect for historical societies, libraries, museums, community groups, residential communities, and schools. In keeping with the Tide Mill Institute’s mission, Tide Mill Talks are designed to build community awareness and pride in the past, highlight the engineering ingenuity and societal contributions of 17th-19th century tide mill operators, and consider tidal power as a future source of renewable energy.
Tide Mill Talks presentation modules include:
- Tide mills in your community – how previous generations harnessed tidal energy to grind grain, saw lumber and perform other essential tasks.
- Technology corner – how a tide mill works.
- Tide mill history – 1,500 years of tide mills around the world.
- Tidal power comeback – technology development and testing today.
Our standard program includes a 40-minute presentation by one or two speakers, followed by 20 minutes of questions, answers, and discussion. Presentations can be live or virtual.
In presenting to your group, our speakers will draw on their decades of professional experience as educators, engineers, archaeologists, historians, and policy experts, and will customize content to address your group’s particular interests.
“Last spring, Tim Richards presented a fascinating webinar to the Truro Historical Society about a long-forgotten tide mill in our town. The webinar proved to be the highlight of our lecture series.” — Susan Howe, President, Truro Historical Society.
Contact us:
Please send us an email at talks@tidemillinstitute.org if your organization or group would be interested in a Tide Mill Talk on the exciting history and ongoing story of tidal power.