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Inside the Sakia Wheel
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A working sakia water wheel in Egypt, photographed over a century ago.
Niblo, Fred, 1874-1948, photographer · Public domain
Midan
Inside the Sakia Wheel
ساقية
Listen for wood on water. A sakia lifts a river into a field, and every piece has a job: the wheel, the axle through its center, the gears that pass the turn along, and the pots that raise the water. We go in among them and name the work.