puits à roue
English translation: wheel-operated well
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|  Selected response from: Conor McAuley France Local time: 17:01 | ||||||
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| 3 +3 | wheel-operated well |
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| 3 +1 | Persian water wheel / Persian well / Persian wheel |
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| 4 -1 | Water wheel pit |
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| 3 | pousarenque |
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| 3 -1 | well-to-wheel |
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| 4 -3 | rotates well |
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peer agreement (net): -1Water wheel pit Explanation: I think this is a possibility. The site of what was once the world's largest water wheel has been excavated by archaeologists in Stockport. The Wellington Water Wheel, part of Mellor Mill, was the biggest in the world when it was built in 1793. In its heyday, the mill employed about 550 people. It was destroyed by fire in 1892. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-17320765 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 36 mins (2021-04-29 15:02:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Oxford Archaeology undertook a programme of archaeological investigation and recording on the surviving walls and other remains of a WATER WHEEL PIT at Anchor Island, to the south-west of Kelmscott, on the border between Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The site forms part of the Buscot Estate and was commissioned by The National Trust in advance of proposed repair and consolidation works to the structure. The substantial remains survive from a pair of waterwheels which were installed in the 1860s to pump water from a well adjacent to the Thames around Buscot estate as part of major agricultural improvement works and an ambitious irrigation scheme created by Robert Campbell the new owner of Buscot Park." https://library.oxfordarchaeology.com/295/ |
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48 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Persian water wheel / Persian well / Persian wheel Explanation: "A Persian well is a type of water well found in the Middle East, often used in conjunction with a qanat. These wells feature an ox-driven pump where the ox walks in circles around a central drive shaft which turns a wheel that raises water via a chain of buckets from the qanat or a well. In some cases water flows fast enough that a subterranean waterwheel may harness enough power to raise the buckets of water to the surface level. Its not a well but a wheel." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_well "A sāqiyah or saqiya (Arabic: ساقية), also spelled sakia or saqia) is a mechanical water lifting device. It is also called a Persian wheel, tablia, rehat, and in Latin tympanum.[1] It is similar in function to a scoop wheel, which uses buckets, jars, or scoops fastened either directly to a vertical wheel, or to an endless belt activated by such a wheel. The vertical wheel is itself attached by a drive shaft to a horizontal wheel, which is traditionally set in motion by animal power (oxen, donkeys, etc.) Because it is not using the power of flowing water, the sāqiyah is different from a noria and any other type of water wheel." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saqiyah#With_buckets_attached_... "Persian wheel Device to lift water, particularly for agricultural purposes. It consists of an endless chain of buckets, typically with an individual capacity of 8-15 litres mounted on a drum and submerged in water to the required depth. The drum is connected to a toothed wheel held in a vertical plane by a long shaft usually kept below ground level. The vertical toothed wheel is geared with a large toothed horizontal wheel connected to a horizontal beam. This beam is yoked to a pair of animals. The animals move in a circle to turn the drum and raise the water. Water is released when the bucket reaches the top." https://sswm.info/content/persian-wheel Videos here https://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/persian-wheel-wate... |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): -3
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