Build a Homemade Waterwheel

By Richard N. Mccray
Published on July 1, 1986
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I set about researching the design and operation of functional
I set about researching the design and operation of functional "paddle pumps" in hopes of building one at my site that'd handle my watering chores with a minimum of maintenance.
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Diagram of waterwheel building instructions.
Diagram of waterwheel building instructions.

Reprinted from MOTHER EARTH NEWS NO. 82.

The memory of a childhood waterwheel helped this
inventive gardener get water to his plants!

I got my first taste of waterwheels at the age of five,
when my great-grandfather McDowell made me a toy paddle

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