On the history of the exploitation of water power in Eretz-Israel

£30.00

Paperback, 98pp., with many b/w photographs, maps and sketches.

Hebrew (main text) and English.

This paper is an English summary of a PhD thesis – The history of the exploitation of water power in the land of Israel – submitted by the author to the Hebrew University, Jerusalem in 1959. It is a reprint of an article published in the Israel Exploration Journal 10(1).

Natural conditions for exploiting water power in this country

Local use of water power and its historical development

Local water power installations, past and present structure of the installations

Local water mills in the recent past

The special character of the local water power installations

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