Two Large Water Wheels with Junghsien City Wall in Background

Title: Two Large Water Wheels with Junghsien City Wall in Background
Caption: Water wheels turned by the force of water which is deflected against the back by a low dam. Bamboo cups alternate with bamboo paddles which keep the wheel turning. The water is poured out into the trough at the top and flows out in a bamboo pipe. The water is raised about 25 feet by this wheel. Wheel just outside Junghsien city wall. Alice
Identifier: JOW_45
Description: Two large water wheels in a narrow ditch outside the Junghsien city wall, which is in the background. A Chinese man or woman walks in the foreground away from the camera carrying a large load on their back.
Location: Junghsien, Szechwan; (pinyin: Rongxian, Sichuan)
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1787834/xuyang.html
Physical Dimensions: 7.3 h x 10.1 w cm
Original Format: black and white photographic print
Source: Judith Outerbridge Walker
Provenance: Ralph and Margaret Outerbridge Family Archives
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
Subject: Chinese agriculture; irrigation