Sail windmill used in pumping brine, Taku Government salt fields, near Tientsin

Sail windmill used in pumping brine, Taku Government salt fields, near Tientsin

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WC01-042.  See images of salt field windmills on pages 293 and 295 of "Farmers of Forty Centuries" by F.H. King (Jonathan Cape, 1927). The evaporation processes are thoroughly described on pages 291-297.

Location

Tanggu

Estimated Date

1912-1914

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections

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