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An Egyptian 'shaduf' lifting the Nile waters to the thirsty fields, Egypt', 1905.Artist: Underwood & Underwood
An Egyptian 'shaduf' lifting the Nile waters to the thirsty fields, Egypt', 1905. 'For many thousands of years this device has been used. A pole, with a weight or counterpoise at one end and a bucket hanging from the other, is suspended at a point not far from the weight, which then, by its simple gravity, draws up the bucket when filled from the waters below. With this primitive equipment, the native raises the water from four to eight feet, though a strong man will lift it much higher.' Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted.
Unique Identifier
AR969927
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4039px × 4348px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1900s
20th century
AFRICA
Agriculture
ANCIENT EGYPT
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
Arabian
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Breasted
Cliff
cliff face
CLIFFS
concept
country
egypt
Egypt Through the Stereoscope
Egyptian
geographical feature
Geography
Irrigation
James Henry
James Henry Breasted
Keystone
LIFTING
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
Monochrome
NILE
People
Photograph
Print
Print Collector7
RAISING
River
RIVER NILE
shaduf
stereoscopic
stereoscopic card
stereoscopic photography
Teamwork
TGN
the Nile
The Print Collector
Underwood & Underwood
Water