Picture No | 10191512 |
Date | 1895 |
Description | Egyptian Shadoof |
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Egyptian fields are irrigated by water drawn from the Nile by a shadoof whereby buckets are lowered into the river, then raised and swung to deposit the water in ditches.
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist E W Lane, 'Manners and customs of the modern Egyptians' page 334 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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