Water Wheel November/December 2011

Abstract

At meal times in the desert small water tankers were always close at hand. One of them can be seen at the left of this photograph. During the war soldiers on both sides always carried steel water bottles strapped to their belts when in action. Letters to the Editor Water in war and peace Following Deon Visser’s excellent article on the SA Engineer Corps activities in Kenya (South African Military Water Diviners in Kenya during World War II, the Water Wheel September/October 2011) and your request for other photos and information, It is not often appreciated that during early civilisations, domestic animals had to be used for drawing and transporting water. This was still practised in Egypt during the war. In this photograph a blindfolded cow is used to pump water from a canal into an irrigation furrow. A camel-drawn water cart. Armies had to store supplies of water at strategic places ahead of battles The allies stored the water in four-gallon cans. This supply was almost covered by subsequent sandstorms. In Roman times farming was practised along the North African coastal areas.

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