Hama Syria - Great Bridge over the El-Assi River
Hama, Syria - Great Bridge over the El-Assi (Orontes) River and the Giant waterwheels. The city is renowned for these seventeen norias, which locals claim date back to 1100 BC. Though historically used for purpose of irrigation of the ornamental gardens, the norias exist today as an almost entirely aesthetic traditional show
Picture No
10934122
Media ID
46592425
Size
5324px x 3359px
(3.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910s
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Aqueduct Assi Hama Hamah Irrigating Irrigation Noria Norias Ornamental Orontes Syrian Waterwheel Waterwheels
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