Notes

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

Caption on mount
A MECHANICAL DEVICE FOR RAISING WATER TO PADDY FIELDS. SHANGHAI
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Location
Shanghai
Estimated date
1910-1913
Tags
Rue
worker
farmer
agriculture
paddy
rice
field
irrigation
water
rickshaw
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London