ENGINEERING NOSTALGIA
INGENIEUR
The Old Waterworks
of Malacca
By Cheo Hong Keyong
This old style Malay waterwheel
known as the kincha was used
for paddy irrigation in Malacca
and around Kuala Pilah, Negeri
Sembilan in the pre-war era.
Undated photo showing a
wooden waterwheel propelled
by the current lifting river water
into the adjacent bamboo
channel to be transported to
the paddy field nearby.
Photos courtesy of Jabatan
Penerangan Malaysia.
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