Notes

University of Bristol – Historical Photographs of China reference number: HR01-113.  A wooden-chain irrigation pump, powered by an ox or cow, beside a road lined with suburban-style houses. The water raised by the pump floods a paddy field. See HR01-114 and HR01-115 (same pump).

Caption on mount
A MECHANICAL DEVICE FOR RAISING WATER TO PADDY FIELDS. SHANGHAI
Related photographs


Location
Estimated date
1910-1913
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London