Notes on the Geography of Austria : Oetztaler Outdoor MuseumThe Oetztaler flows north from the Italian border to join the Inn; since 1969 there's been a road up the hill and over the top of the Timmelsjoch Pass. Make default image size larger ![]() Down at the base of the valley there's some flat land, generally in pastures. Freestanding Catholic churches are common. ![]() Hay is stacked around stakes that are themselves neatly arranged for safekeeping. ![]() Cows need water; troughs need filling. It's only appropriate that a cow should do the work. ![]() The trough is near a folk museum, one of many in Austria. ![]() How does the water come to the cow? Through a pipeline of pencil-cored logs. ![]() Carpentry shop and house. ![]() Stairs to carpentry shop. ![]() Top floor of house, with door to flower-rimmed balcony. ![]() The massive stove that heats the house. ![]() Hearth. ![]() Behind the house is a large barn filled with implements. ![]() Stalls. ![]() Far upstream, a diversion channel is turned off for the moment. ![]() There are many diversion points, mostly for mills. ![]() Mill race. ![]() Water running toward an overshot wheel. ![]() The power's off. ![]() A high-speed wheel. ![]() The water returns to the creek. ![]() Inside one of the mills, a water wheel sets this wheel spinning to create vertical motion. ![]() Directly above, a saw. ![]() Another mill, for grain. ![]() A mill to beat flax. ![]() From the hillside looking back to the flats. |
* Argentina * Australia * Austria * Bangladesh * Belgium * Botswana * Brazil * Burma / Myanmar * Cambodia (Angkor) * Canada (B.C.) * China * The Czech Republic * Egypt * Fiji * France * Germany * Ghana * Greece * Guyana * Hungary * India: Themes * Northern India * Peninsular India * Indonesia * Israel * Italy * Japan * Jerusalem * Jordan * Kenya * Laos * Kosovo * Malawi * Malaysia * Mauritius * Mexico * Micronesia (Pohnpei) * Morocco * Mozambique * Namibia * The Netherlands * New Zealand * Nigeria * Norway * Oman * Pakistan * Peru * The Philippines * Poland * Portugal * Romania (Transylvania) * Senegal * Singapore * South Africa * South Korea * Spain * Sri Lanka * Sudan * Syria (Aleppo) * Tanzania * Thailand * Trinidad * Turkey (Istanbul) * Uganda * The U.A.E. (Dubai) * The United Kingdom * The Eastern United States * The Western United States * Oklahoma * Uruguay * Uzbekistan * Vietnam * The West Bank * Yemen * Zambia * Zimbabwe *