Title:
Through the Syrian town of Hama flows the river Orontes, the only source of water for the town’s many little gardens planted
on the sloping banks. The giant waterwheels, called “nouriahs” lift the river water onto aquaeducts from where the water runs
to the gardens. The huge wheels run on a wooden axle that rests on a wooden bearing, water being the only lubrication. The
axle creaks in the bearing. This noise (of about thirty-four nouriahs) can be heard all over the town of Hama.
Creator:
De Meiss-Teuffen
Subject:
People
Nature
Animals
Horses
Bodies of water
Rivers
Equipment
Machinery
Waterwheels
Description:
Through the Syrian town of Hama flows the river Orontes, the only source of water for the town’s many little gardens planted
on the sloping banks. The giant waterwheels, called “nouriahs” lift the river water onto aquaeducts from where the water runs
to the gardens. The huge wheels run on a wooden axle that rests on a wooden bearing, water being the only lubrication. The
axle creaks in the bearing. This noise (of about thirty-four nouriahs) can be heard all over the town of Hama.
People on horses near a large water wheel
Publisher:
Keystone View Company
Contributor:
Gifford M. Mast
Date:
[Date not indicated]
Type:
Photography
Format:
Keystone photo print 7.18 in. x 4.18 in.
Identifier:
1996.0009.KU104956
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Asia
Syria
Hamāh
Hamāh
Hama
Latitude: 35 09 00 N
Longitude: 036 44 00 E
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Through the Syrian town of Hama flows the river Orontes, the only source of water for the town’s many little gardens planted
on the sloping banks. The giant waterwheels, called “nouriahs” lift the river water onto aquaeducts from where the water runs
to the gardens. The huge wheels run on a wooden axle that rests on a wooden bearing, water being the only lubrication. The
axle creaks in the bearing. This noise (of about thirty-four nouriahs) can be heard all over the town of Hama.