Flooding paddy fields with a dragon's backbone water ladder pump (龍骨水車)

Collection

Identifier

Ba01-046

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Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ba01-046. A two-person, foot-powered, wooden chain pump being used to flood a field of rice. Also known as a keel waterwheel, dragon’s backbone, dragon spine, water ladder pump, water lift pump (龍骨水車). See Ba04-28 (duplicate print).

Estimated Date

1890-1910

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph