Noria Grande de

Noria Grande de Abaran is positioned inside a currently built park at the left bank of the Segura River. It is one of the emblematic symbols of this populace of the Vega Alta and an enchantment for all those who want to examine carefully its operation. It is considered the largest ferris wheel energetic in Europe, and one of the longest, since it dates from 1805. The author of the challenge was Francisco Libian, even though a century later it is recognised that it turned into rebuilt, specifically in 1915, for the evil country wherein he changed into.

They have also survived the names of those in charge of directing the works, Nicomedes Caballero and Jose Carrasco, better referred to as 'Rojico el Carpintero'. The Community of Irrigators has been in price of ensuring the care and making the pertinent preparations of the norias, in addition to the irrigation structures. The materials of which it's far composed have no longer numerous. The wood body is supported with the aid of solid iron gears, which might be the engine of the whole device, of direction, with the beneficial help of water.