AGRICULTURE
IRRIGATION INDIA
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Detailed explanation-1: -A chain pump consists of two large wheels, connected by an endless chain. The bottom wheel is half immersed in the water source. As the wheel is turned, the connected buckets dip into the pool and pick up water. The chain then lifts them to the upper wheel, where the water from the buckets is transferred to the pool.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is used to retrieve water from deep trenches, ditches, and low irrigation canals. It also reduces the labor required to pump water to high croplands and hilly areas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The chain pump is type of a water pump in which several circular discs are positioned on an endless chain. One part of the chain dips into the water, and the chain runs through a tube, slightly bigger than the diameter of the discs.
Detailed explanation-4: -The chain pump was invented around 1st century B.C. The materials that are made out of the Chain Pump are low carbon steel. The reason the chain pump was made is to reduce labor and helps pump water up hills by using a bucket and a water source.