Water-Powered Pumps

Pumps driven by water wheels for mines, drainage, irrigation, fountains, and municipal water handling.

Core metadata

ID: water_powered_pumps
Era: Medieval
First known date: 1200 (century)
Region: Afro-Eurasian watermill and mining regions
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: established

Prerequisites

Dependents

None.

Fields

Field lanes

Water & Sanitation Systems: Conveyance & Distribution
Mechanical Engineering: Mechanisms & Machines

Node sources

Water Supply System (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 3
Average edge confidence: 68%
Prerequisite sources: 3
expert_inference: 3

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Watermills (watermills)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Watermills provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Water Supply System (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity, edge
Mechanical Pumps (pumps)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Mechanical Pumps provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Water Supply System (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity, edge
Water Management Guilds (water_management_guilds)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Water Management Guilds provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Water Supply System (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity, edge

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