Watermills are ranging between the Philosophy Building and functioning types (Such as Syrian watermills)
Keywords:
Water mills, Penstock, pumping Jack, horizontal wheeled Mill,, vertical wheeled Mill (jaghli).Abstract
The research touch on study of service buildings that are rarely described accurately in sources and references, by focus on describing watermills from an architectural standpoint and their operating water system, and identifying the buildings attached to each type of them, which differed according to the methods of delivering water to them, and showing the extent of the ingenuity of the architect and the water facilities engineer in Controlling an element that is difficult to control, which is water, by controlling its confinement or release through the construction of a group of dams and water barriers.