The document provides definitions for vocabulary terms related to St. Anthony Falls and its history as an important center of industry and hydroelectric power production. Key terms defined include flourmill, sawmill, industry, reservoir, hydroelectric power, waterfront, Mississippi River, apron, St. Anthony of Padua, tailrace, turbine pits, locks, dams, riverbank, sandstone, dike, headrace, and Franklin Steele who first laid claim to the water power at the falls.

4. St. Anthony Falls Vocabulary Mississippi River – the second longest river in the United States. Starts at Lake Itasca in Minnesota. Apron (concrete overflow spillway) – layer of stone, concrete or other material to protect the edge of the falls.

5. St. Anthony Falls Vocabulary St. Anthony of Padua – 1195 – 1231 Father Louis Hennepin’s patron saint and who he named the Falls after. He was a Franciscan monk from Italy.

6. St. Anthony Falls Vocabulary Tailrace – a channel for discharging water after the generation of electricity. Turbine Pits – an area lower than the main floor that houses a machine with blades attached to a central shaft.

7. St. Anthony Falls Vocabulary Locks - allow boats to go up and down the river Dams – a barrier that divides waters Riverbank - the sloped sides of a waterway acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side

8. St. Anthony Falls Vocabulary Sandstone - a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains (quartz or feldspar). Dike – a long, narrow embankment usually built to protect land from flooding.

9. St. Anthony Falls Vocabulary Franklin Steele – 1830 – 1880 - laid claim to the valuable water-power by erecting a claim cabin of logs at the Falls. Headrace – a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine.