[Leica] IMG: Ganat Level

[George Lottermoser]

> On Jun 6, 2016, at 4:01 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> According to Tom's notes, it is from 197 AD.  The whole water system is
> very impressive. In Iran alone, there are an estimated 50,000 qanats,
> nearly three-quarters of which are still working.  They knew what they were
> doing!
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Amazing piece of technology ;-) Who needs laser levels and the like. How
>> old is
>> this one, do you have any idea?
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> On 06/06/2016 14:41, Tina Manley wrote:
>>> 
>>> We went to a water museum in Yazd that explained all about the ganats and
>>> how water use was allocated.  There was a lot of interesting information
>>> and many displays but I found the ancient level used to determine the
>> slope
>>> of the ganats to be most fascinating:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000aSa4vH2oM34

most remarkable

Regards,
George Lottermoser 

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