Saqia - gearing
The Saqia was used for centuries up and down the Nile as a means of raising water to irrigate land. This photograph shows the gearing, which is rotated by a draught animal attached to the vertical shaft. This causes a wheel, fixed to the horizontal shaft and set above a well, to turn and raise water in pots fastened to ropes looped over it.
This site is set back some way from the Nile, north of Kabushiya.
This site is set back some way from the Nile, north of Kabushiya.
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