Windmills of Syria

Bagdad Cafe (#sy3)

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wind engine:

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Krak des Chevaliers (#sy2)

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Widely mentioned that one of the castle towers had a windmill, and is illustrated as such in "History Of Corn Milling" by Richard Bennett.

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Tartus (#sy1)

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smock mill :

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Quneitra/Qunaytra (#sy4)

primitive wind engine:

Described in the photo caption as noria - hence a water raising device. From an album of photos assembled by Tamir Nassar from the American University of Beirut in the 1920's and 30's.

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