Photo collection by Th.Schiöler River and wind powered The European water-lifting wheels

European water lifting wheels: the hydraulic noria

This wheel lifts the cooling water for a brandy distillery This distillery is located in an open-air museum in Romania. A supply of cooling water is needed in the distilling process. This comes from the river, which also turns the wheel and lifts the water to the raised trough. [33]		Details of the wheel [33] from Sibiu Each of the 32 small boxes on the rim lifts half a litre to the trough. From here, it runs to the cottage in which the distillery is located. [34]		A noria in Denmark in 1932 A rare photo illustrating a noria in Jutland. Similar constructions are found in Germany near Erlangen. [35]
Reconstruction of a famous noria In Cordoba, Spain, a hydraulic noria from the 12th Century has been reconstructed. In 1492, it was stopped for a time on the queen's orders because the creaking of the wheel disturbed her night's sleep. [36]