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  • Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: irrigation on the Han River. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • The prophet Elisha, inspired by the music of a minstrel, tells the kings of Israel, Judah and Edom that their lands will be irrigated without the aid of rain or wind. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers water the young plants. Coloured lithograph.
  • A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.
  • The Indian Punjabi Mir Munshi Sultan Mohammad standing, legs astraddled, over a water channel. Next to him is a European Lady, possibly the nurse Mrs. Kate Daly. Kabul
  • Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation with workers sowing the rice, and operating a treadmill chain-bucket for water. Engraving by W. Weatherhead, c. 1840, after T. Allom.
  • Water-wheel, Melon Islands. Engraving by H. Adlard after T. Allom.
  • Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: irrigation on the Han River. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • A man and woman carrying barrels of water on their heads: Conference on water sanitation for the urban poor in Kenya. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, 2006.
  • Section and elevation of a wheel used by the Chinese for raising water. Engraving by W. Skelton, 1796.
  • Helwan, Egypt; traditional Egyptian waterwheel
  • Helwan, Egypt; traditional Egyptian waterwheel. As N0022540C but position of water wheel is slightly better. Photographed January 1990.