View of chain pumps used for irrigation near Swatow (now Shantou), Kwangtung Province (now Guangdong Sheng), China

People:

John Thomson (photographer)

Title:

View of chain pumps used for irrigation near Swatow (now Shantou), Kwangtung Province (now Guangdong Sheng), China

Date:

published 1873

Description:

- The pumps shown in this photograph consisted of a long square wooden tube into which a looped chain is fitted. Attached to the chain are wooden diaphragms which are spaced six inches apart and are guided by rods above the tube. The chain is made to revolve by human foot-power, bringing water to the upper level.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 photomechanical print(s)

Technique and media:

Collotype

Dimensions:

comp.: 11.3 x 12.5 cm sheet: 47.2 x 35.4 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0603.02:015

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

numbered - in typescript, in white ink, in the image, l.l.: "15"

Location:

Shantou; Guangdong Sheng; China;

Subject:

engineering
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

agricultural land
boat
pumps (machinery)
sail
irrigation system

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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