Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: YC-s30. Five to eight buffaloes were required for each winch, to raise bamboo tubes of brine in the salt well. Sometimes eight men took the place of teach buffalo. In 1915, one thousand buffaloes died of plague at Tzuliuching.

Caption on mount
Buffalo winch.


Location
Estimated date
1915
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections