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The Minister of Culture and the regional government spokesman, Noelia Arroyo, accompanied by the mayor of Abarán, Jesus Molina, visited this morning the Noria Grande municipality and highlighted its equity and example of how for centuries Murcia have developed a culture "of wit and engineering for intelligent use of water. "
Abarán La Noria Grande is located in the urban area of ​​the town and was in charge of supplying the main irrigation channel, distributing water for seven kilometers of ditches and canals to irrigate crops tahúllas 155.
It was designed in 1805 by Francisco LIBIAN, although a century later it was rebuilt and the original wooden wheel was replaced by the current mixed structure of wood and iron.
This hydraulic infrastructure is supported by masonry walls masonry to the axis of rotation and has a diameter of 12 meters, being one of the largest preserved in Europe.
also it has 128 buckets that straddle those known as crown radii 32 and 64 blades having a yield of 30 liters per second.
The Minister of Culture recalled that "in addition to the role of waterwheels in traditional irrigation, are structures that have become a tourist attraction and, in fact, the route of the Norias in Abarán attracts many citizens inside and outside the region with the opportunity to learn about the traditions of the orchard and an important part of our history. "
For this uniqueness and importance, said Noelia Arroyo, "from Culture are already collecting the necessary reports to the Noria Grande de Abarán be declared soon of Cultural Interest with category instead of ethnographic interest, granting him from the regional government the maximum protection to ensure their conservation. "
Source: CARM
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