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BU Number | BU0071 |
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Village | Kalliana |
Related BUs | BU0068 BU0061 BU0060 BU0072 |
Elevation | 528 |
Source | GPS |
BU Summary | Water channel, Kalliana. Bifurcate primary water channel associated with BU0061. |
Location | Between Spyros and Miltis mills, beside Galata Kalliana road. Cadastral as for BU0060 , BU0061 cannot be entered. |
Vegetation | beans, agricultural |
Access | tarred road beside BU0061 field |
Foundation | irregular coursed river boulders |
Walls | irregular coursed river boulders and basal chinking |
Interior Plaster | lime/cement plaster |
Exterior Plaster | lime mortar |
Openings | sluice gate with inscription |
Building Type | Water channel |
Structure Type | bifurcate water channel |
Current Use | primary water channel |
Past Use | gave water to Spyros and Miltis mill and to BU0068 |
Special Features | screw and wheel metal sluice gate to raise gate over waterflow diversion. Inscription of foundry 'Atlas' in N/sia, E. Hasapakou owner. |
Moderations/Alterations | Modified by Myltiades the miller, in 1950, channel cemented in 1953 (plaque. scetch of BU0060). |
Description | Bifurcate primary water channel about 0.65m wide. Fork leads to Myltiades water leat, and main ouflow continues down 4.5m drop beside penstock of Myltiades mill and into channel in front of Spyros mill (BU0061). Water flows down drop just before sluice gate and cascades into lower channel, leads east for about 30m, under two humped bridges leading to Spyros mill, then turns north under road for Kalyana. This is the channel that leads water to Linou-Tembria-Korakou-Evrichou at 'kopsa' BU 0071. Channel walls after Spyros mill are built in stone, 2m wide and 2m approx. deep. Vaulted arch with dressed limestone quoins under tarred road. Water emerges north of road and heads on under south elevation of house and under chamber which used to be a wax workshop for candle-making and votive dolls. Water flows directly under front door of house , accessed by stone steps ending just above the water. Water emerges at an angle on the west side of the house, and in a slope. It continues under the side-street and north of the Myltiades mill along a stone channel 2m deep and 1m wide which leads to the Linou-Tembria double water distributor of (BU0068). Photos in personal archive. Photo by Chris TAESP 2002. Inscription on metal sluice gate: Mikhanopoieion o Atlas. E. Khasalakou, Lefkosia. Put in place by Miltis |
Ownership | Other |
Owner | Koinotiko Ardeftiko |
Period 1100 | No |
Period 1601 | No |
Period 1701 | No |
Period 1801 | No |
Period 1851 | Yes |
Period 1901 | No |
Period 1951 | No |
Oral Information | As for BU0068. Mr Andreas, the carpenter under whose house the water flows remembers that children used to jump into the water on the south side and slide down the shute under the house and and street and into the channel on the west side, for fun, a precedent to water-parks. |
Recorded By | SEZ |
Recorded Date | 26/7/2001 00:00:00 |
Entered By | SEZ |
Entered Date | 29/7/2001 00:00:00 |