Hence to the sea, and for a long way upon the shore, extended a long tract of country, at one extremity
of which, over a little brook, a water-mill had been erected, which was worked by a horizontal wheel,
and served to grind corn for the family.
This, if I mistake not, is the only one in the island.
Some drains, cut by the Etatsroed in an adjoining morass, had greatly improved the soil, and furnished a
more copious supply of water to the mill.
On the western coast north of Reikiavik is Saurboer (...).
Akkrefell (...) lies on the north of this firth (...).
At its foot is situated Indreholm, where are some fine-woolled Spanish sheep, and a curious water-mill,
said to be the only one in Iceland.
I was not a little interested to fall in here with a water-mill, of a very simple construction; being
driven by a horizontal wheel, the axle of which runs through the mill-stones, and without the aid of
any other machinery performs the work.
Beenhakker, A.J. Windmills and Watermills in Iceland.
Den Haag, The Netherlands: The International Molinological Society, 1976. 12 p. Bibliotheca Molinologica series.
ISBN: 0950637807
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