Asakura 3 waterwheel - Asakura,Japan
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Gortetsu
N 33° 22.305 E 130° 44.565
52S E 662124 N 3693856
When the rice planting season, this watermill will move. Here you can see three waterwheels that are unique to Japan.
Waymark Code: WM1131J
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Date Posted: 08/07/2019
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At that time, the ancestors who were killed by natural disasters such as floods, droughts, and famines in the Chikugo River created a river in 1663 to pump water from the Chikugo River. In 1722, he cut through the bedrock and created a water intake. However, because the land on the mountain side is high, an automatic rotating water turbine was installed in 1789.
1)Length:13m Height:4.5m
2)Purpose:Water supply of rice field
3)Souse:Chikugogawa river
4)Superiority:6000L/min in rice field
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