China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 81 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The well our water comes from The well is in a village setting and is constructed from stone and wood. Two wheelbarrows loaded with water buckets are positioned next to the well. Three Chinese men are present., and This photo is from the papers of Rev. Dean Goddard, an American Baptist missionary who served in Ningpo, Chekiang, China from 1870-1903.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 333 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and 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.
"Project. Model of waterwheel to develop power mounted on float. By. W. E. Manly." A small scale model of a water driven power generator is depicted. The wheel is mounted on pontoons.
"Water wheel - irrigation." A large bamboo water wheel is shown on a river downstream of rapid water. A long pipe or trough is seen extending out from the top of the wheel.
"Water wheels. River current diverted." The mechanics of the traditional water wheels for irrigation are shown with the three wheels. The pipes for delivering water to the troughs can be seen at the top of the wheels.
"Water wheel for raising water from river and pouring it into trough to carry it to fields." A bamboo wheel with fins and pipes for collecting water is shown in rapid water at the edge of a river.