Water wheel along upper Huang river, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, 1936Pickens, Claude L., 1900-19851936Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.Water Wheels on the upper Yellow River, above Kaolan. The man standing in the middle background by the upright post is six feet two inches. Water is carried to the top in long rectangular boxes fastened to the circumference of the wheel. Many of these wheels are owned by Moslem villages.still image