Opening of the Waters - Water Breaking through Dam 1

Item

Title
Opening of the Waters - Water Breaking through Dam 1 See all items with this value
Caption
Opening of the Water Ceremony - Temporary dam broken and water begins to flow into Chengdu irrigation system. See all items with this value
Identifier
JOW_63
Description
A crowd watches in the foreground as water begins to flow through the broken temporary dam at Dujiangyan Opening of the Waters ceremony. Small flat boat or raft near the dam. See all items with this value
Creator
Ralph Outerbridge
Date Created
1938-04-07
Location
Dujiangyan, Sichuan See all items with this value
Geonames
https://www.geonames.org/1809831/dujiangyan.html
Event
1939 Dujiangyan Opening of the Waters
Physical Dimensions
9 h x 9 w cm
Original Format
black and white photographic print
Source
Judith Outerbridge Walker
Provenance
Ralph and Margaret Outerbridge Family Archives See all items with this value
Access Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2024-08-19
Contributor
Derek Burns, Nicholas Fowler, Cory Willmott
Type
Still Image
Published In
Description of this event pp. 30-31, Munro, Beyond the Moon Gate
Subject
ceremony; river; dam; engineering
Media
JOW_63A_Dujiangyan_Opening1.jpg
JOW_63B_Dujiangyan_Opening1.jpg
Resource class
Image