Perachora

Machine number: 
183
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Modern name: 
Perachora
Machine code: 
Pera-Tw
Location_getLoc: 
Latitude: 38.030111
Longitude: 22.948508

General description: 
Installation for three tread-wheel driven bucket-chains and a wheel with compartmented rim (incorrect restoration) it was part of a sophisticated water-supply system. A runnel was seems to be connected with the ground level openings of the three long, narrow shafts and these must have been provided by a water lifting devices. Due to the great depth, only bucket and windlass or bucket chain system were the reasonable solutions. the earliest example of water driven wheel.
Lat_orig: 
38° 1'48.40"N
Long_orig: 
22°56'54.63"E
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