They said they were going to drive out to Cambridge over the milldam, and I said I was going out there to get some of my traps together, and they could pick me up at the Art Museum if they liked.
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
"'Oh, the miller, how he will laugh, When he sees the milldam rise!
"Journeys Through Bookland V2"
Charles H. Sylvester
Invective against a refractory House of Burgesses brought them a quarter of a mile upon their way; the necessity for an act to encourage adventurers in iron works carried them past a milldam; and frauds in the customs enabled them to reach a crossroads ordinary, where the Colonel ordered a halt, and called for a tankard of ale.
"Audrey"
Mary Johnston