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 in album or on mount

A MECHANICAL DEVICE FOR RAISING WATER TO PADDY FIELDS. SHANGHAI

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1910-1913

Tags

• worker
• agriculture
• field
• rickshaw
• irrigation
• rice
• water
• farmer
• paddy
• Rue

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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