Saqia
The Saqia was used for centuries up and down the Nile as a means of raising water to irrigate land. A vertical wheel is set above a pit dug down to the water-table. Looped around it are ropes to which pots are fastened. A draught animal attached to the vertical shaft of the gearing causes the wheel to turn and the water-filled pots to empty at a higher level.
These arrangements were replaced by motorized pumps feeding water through large pipes direct from the river.
This disused saqia, one of a pair, is set back some distance from the Nile, north of Kabushiya.
These arrangements were replaced by motorized pumps feeding water through large pipes direct from the river.
This disused saqia, one of a pair, is set back some distance from the Nile, north of Kabushiya.
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