Group of People Measure Height of Stone Pile

Title: Group of People Measure Height of Stone Pile
Identifier: JOW_57
Alternative Identifier: 30
Description: A group of people, mostly men and one child, stand before a pile of stones on the Min Diversion bed. An unidentified Westerner and a Chinese soldier hold flags. A man on the other side of the pile holds a bow. They are likely measuring the height of the stone pile to ensure the river bed has been cleared to Li Bing's specifications. Originally, Bing had created stone statues to mark these depths, but those were long gone by the 20th century.
Creator: Ralph Outerbridge
Date Created: 1939-04-07
Location: Dujiangyan, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1809831/dujiangyan.html
Event: 1939 Dujiangyan Opening of the Waters
Physical Dimensions: 11.9 h x 16.3 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
Published In: Description of this event pp. 30-31, Munro, Beyond the Moon Gate
Subject: ceremony; river; dam; engineering