Water wheel along upper Huang river, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, 1936

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Title: Water wheel along upper Huang river, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, 1936
Creator: Pickens, Claude L., 1900-1985
Published / Created: 1936
Publication Place: Kansu, Lanchow, China, Asia
Description: Also 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.
Extent: 7 x 9.5 cm.

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Collection / Other Creator: Yale Divinity Library Special Collections. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
Collection Date: 1834-2002
Container / Volume: Box 333 | Folder 1

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