| 1. | ![[wa0035] [Washing clothes in Yilan]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/warner&CISOPTR=196 "[wa0035] [Washing clothes in Yilan]") | [wa0035] [Washing clothes in Yilan] | 480 Travel and Transportation; 312 Water Supply; 310 Exploitative Activities; 503 Waterways Improvements; 510 Living Standards and Routines; 512 Daily Routine; 487 Routes; 500 Water and Air Transport | An irrigation canal in Yilan prefecture's central plain, the ""rice bowl"" of Lanyangsan(Ranyosan) County 蘭陽三郡. Katsuyama (1931) also notes that it ""is amusing/interesting that the locals along the banks use the water for laundry (p. 156). |
| 2. | ![[wa0270] [Digging a well]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/warner&CISOPTR=238 "[wa0270] [Digging a well]") | [wa0270] [Digging a well] | 410 Tools and Appliances; 240 Agriculture; 312 Water Supply; 407 Agricultural Machinery; 310 Exploitative Activities; 400 Machines | This photo was also reproduced under the ""Taiwan Historical Postcards Series"" imprint, with the Japanese caption cropped off. The titles and captions on the back of the card are bilingual: ""轉輪式汲水機/Wheel-operated Drawing Devices/其外観如大輪, 再以細長竹片纏於輪框, 一端繁桶深入人力鑿挖的深井以取水灌漑/This resembled big wheels, the wooden frame and wheel panels and axles were first constructed. Then, pliable and thin bamboo sheets, vines or ropes were tied around the wheel panels, with one end connected to a bucket to draw water."" |
