Village mills in India
Pictures: XII.2004
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Mills in Altoaragón
Village mills in India |
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| The same type
of small watermills like the one of Ainielle,
Paúles, Aso de Sobremonte
and many more are still very much alive in several parts of the world. There are believed
to exist a few hunderd thousand of such mills in the Himalayas. The examples shown
are from the Indian Himalayas in the Nainital region (Uttar Pradesh). The watermills
there are called gharats and have many things in common with the
mills in Altoaragón.
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| The mill with stairs leading to the channel | The supply channel with valve; the mill in the depth |
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The construction of the wheel is easier than the wooden wheels in Aragón where the blades needed much work to shape them rightly (e.g. Javierre de Olsón). Here a flat piece of timber placed under a certain angle will do the work. |
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| Entrance to the mill | Open chute | The drain |
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