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water privilege†
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a site on a river, creek, etc. suitable for building a mill run by water power.
See: mill site
Quotations
1833
All the villages in Canada are situate on creeks, and the finding of a water privilege is the first requisite in the formation of a village.
1852, 1923
There is a fine water privilege not a stone's-throw from the door.
1863
" . . . Why, there's a far better site for a town plot on my land, Holt." "Ay, and a better water privilege too. . . ."
2 — Placer Mining
the right to hold and make use of such a site.
Quotations
1835
"Then, there is that water privilege, worth 3,000 or 4,000 dollars. . . ."
1849
It would be advisable, for the sake of further settlements, that the water privileges, so much abused on this and other rivers, be purchased back by the Government, or be abolished by some means or other; say by lateral mill races
3 — Placer Mining
the right to set up a dam to provide water for a sluice.
Quotations
1860
A Mr. Whitworth has also recorded a water privilege on the creek about a mile below the forks, and proposes bringing water to a bar near the mouth of it.