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Helwan, Egypt; traditional Egyptian waterwheel
Helwan, Egypt; shows a traditional saqiyah, a waterwheel drawn by water buffalo. The animals are hitched to the wooden poles which are attached to a metal spindle. As they walk around the hollow wheel, the spindle rotates and drives the wheel which is half-submerged in water. Water flows into irrigation ditches which are cut into the earth around crop beds. Waterwheels are used by small farmers al…
Creator
- Carole Reeves
Subject
- Rural
- Farm
- Farming Methods
- Water wheel
- Irrigation
- Farm
Creator
- Carole Reeves
Subject
- Rural
- Farm
- Farming Methods
- Water wheel
- Irrigation
- Farm
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Carole Reeves
Source
- N0022540
Identifier
- N0022540
- NMSB Frame No NOVIDEO
- xf9hqu7p
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:54:23.129Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:54:23.129Z