﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  1943. 
  — 
  Tannous 
  

  

  Plate 
  3 
  

  

  The 
  Ancient 
  Waterwheel 
  of 
  the 
  Orontis 
  River 
  Valley 
  in 
  

   Northern 
  Syria. 
  

  

  The 
  river 
  current 
  turns 
  the 
  wheel 
  and 
  lifts 
  the 
  water 
  to 
  a 
  suitable 
  height, 
  whence 
  it 
  is 
  conducted 
  for 
  

  

  irrigation 
  purposes. 
  

  

  