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Malacca Sultanate Watermill

Coordinates: 2°11′37.7″N 102°14′51.9″E / 2.193806°N 102.247750°E / 2.193806; 102.247750
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Malacca Sultanate Watermill
Kincir Air Kesultanan Melayu Melaka
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Typewatermill
LocationMalacca City, Malacca, Malaysia
Coordinates2°11′37.7″N 102°14′51.9″E / 2.193806°N 102.247750°E / 2.193806; 102.247750
Construction started2007
CompletedMarch 2008
CostRM1.5 million
Height13 meters

Malacca Sultanate Watermill (Malay: Kincir Air Kesultanan Melayu Melaka, lit.'Malacca Malay Sultanate Watermill') is a replica watermill located along the bank of Malacca River in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia, which was built in 2007 and completed in March 2008.[1] It is the first and largest watermill in Malaysia, standing at a height of 13 meters and was built based on Islamic technology found in Syria and China.[2] The concrete structure is what remains nowadays, the wooden wheel is not present anymore and the attraction has fallen into decay.

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  1. ^ "Official Portal Melaka Historic City Council - Windmills of the Sultanate of Melaka". Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Melaka Sultanate Watermill". AmazingMelaka.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.