Watching a paddy field being flooded with a dragon's backbone water ladder pump (龍骨水車)
Collection
Identifier
Pa02-040
Copyright
© Attwell Palmer
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Pa02-040. A two-person, foot-powered, wooden chain pump being used to flood a field of rice. The pump is raising water from the pond or waterway. Also known as a keel waterwheel, dragon’s backbone, dragon spine, water ladder pump, water lift pump (龍骨水車).
Estimated Date
1920-1930
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
