Noria (water wheel) with aqueduct in ar-Rastan in 1930

Noria (water wheel) with aqueduct in ar-Rastan in 1930

An old vintage print (postal card? Labeled Photo ARCHO) of one of the norias of Orontes River near the city of ar-Rastan. The aqueduct, made of stone vaults, receives water from the noria’s buckets.

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Noria (water wheel) with aqueduct in ar-Rastan in 1930

    Place
  • ar-Rastan
    Time Period
  • 1930, 1930s
    Subject
  • Aqueduct (Qanat), Bridge, Irrigation, River, Waterwheels (Noria)
    Keywords
  • Arcade, Riwaq, Architecture, Building, City View, Limestone, Photography, Postal card, Reproduction, Wood
    Place hierarchy
  • World,Asia,Syria,Muhafazat Homs,Mintaqat ar-Rastan,Nahiyat Markaz ar-Rastan,ar-Rastan
    Collection
  • Collection Bianquis (Reproductions)
    Author
  • Unknown
    Copyright
  • © Unknown authorship (CC-BY-NC-ND)