Tidal bore (‘Hangzhou Bore’), Qiantang River, Hangzhou Bay (杭州湾)

Tidal bore (‘Hangzhou Bore’), Qiantang River, Hangzhou Bay (杭州湾)

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WG01-161. The caption in pencil for this photograph was added to the album in recent times and is inaccurate. The Hangchow Bore (Hangzhou Bore) - the world's largest tidal bore. Photograph taken with a panoramic camera. See Ar01-047, Ar01-048, Ar01-049, Sw13-013 and Sw13-014.    

Caption in album or on mount

Yangtse Bore

Location

Hangzhou

Estimated Date

1910

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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