Ruedas de Larmahue, Agricultural water wheels in Larmahue, Chile.
The Ruedas de Larmahue consist of forty wooden wheels with diameters between five to eight meters along the Almahue Canal in central Chile.
Built in the early 20th century, these water wheels were initially planned for electricity generation but were adapted for agricultural irrigation due to water flow limitations.
Two local craftsmen, Arturo Lucero Zamorano and José Huerta Serrano, received recognition as living human treasures for maintaining these historical irrigation structures.
The wheels operate from September through mid-autumn, lifting water from the canal using attached buckets to distribute it across agricultural fields.
Seventeen of these wooden structures received national monument status in 1998, representing traditional irrigation methods in the O'Higgins Region of Chile.
Location: Pichidegua
GPS coordinates: -34.41243,-71.23123
Latest update: March 5, 2025 10:29
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