1933- A Huge Waterwheel Lifts Water for Irrigation

1933

Jul 9

Written By M Wesam Al Asali

Title: A Huge Waterwheel Lifts Water for Irrigation

Description: This device is one of several driven by the river currents at Hama, Syria, with a groaning and creaking rhat can be heard for miles. The containers on its rim empty at the summit into an elevated aqueduct, many centuries old, that carries a precious stream to outlying fields.
Date: 1933
Location: Hama
Source: Harold Lamb
Keywords: Orontes, Waterwheels

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M Wesam Al Asali

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