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Opening of the Waters - Water Breaking through Dam 2

Title: Opening of the Waters - Water Breaking through Dam 2
Identifier: JOW_64
Alternative Identifier: 57-88
Description: A small crowd watches as water begins to flow into Chengdu irrigation system at the Opening of the Water Ceremony. Anlan Bridge in background.
Creator: Ralph Outerbridge
Date Created: 1938-04-07
Location: Dujiangyan, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1809831/dujiangyan.html
Event: 1939 Dujiangyan Opening of the Waters
Physical Dimensions: 11.6 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