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Çark Water Wheel, Adapazari

By Kerry Arslan | on 9th March 2013 | 3 Comments
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We often like to go to the main Park of Adapazari.  Kent park is a lovely park with lots of things for the kids to do, nice walks and places to sit and drink tea.

cark water wheel kent park
One very noticeable part of the Park is the large Working Çark Water Wheel.  Its a bit of an odd thing to have in a Park but when you read the history you gain some understanding of why its there.

river cark adapazari

Next to the Park is the river Çark which runs through the city from Sapanca Lake to the Black  Sea. During 1581 a Water Wheel was built to provide fresh water to the City.  The original Wheel worked until 1585.

carkriverandwheel

In 1724 a new Wheel was constructed and was donated by Devoğlu Mustafa, as the city grew the Wheel became inadequate to provide enough water and again the Wheel was redesigned in order to provide enough water.   The Wheel was in use up until 1955.

kentparkwaterwheel

The Sakarya Municipality decided to preserve the history of the Wheel and the city by ordering the Wheel to be reconstructed using a postcard from 1901.

carkwheel

Together the water company ADASU and the Sakarya University rebuilt the wheel using the original specifications and methods.  And today you can see this Working Water Wheel standing next to the Çark River in Kent Park.

carkwaterwheelautumn

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3 Responses to “Çark Water Wheel, Adapazari”

  1. 9th March 2013

    Turkey's For Life Reply

    Great post and love the photos. I think it’s a British thing that we love a bit of industrial history. This wheel really pricked my interest. Thanks. 🙂
    Julia

    • 9th March 2013

      Kerry Arslan Reply

      Thanks Julia. Whenever we got I can’t help but take photos of it, it’s a great bit of history here. I am glad you liked the post and thanks for the share.

  2. 31st March 2013

    Freya Renders - Holiday Nomad Reply

    Looks like a nice and interesting park, thanks for the information and great photos.

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