Well-head - upper, Mhow. Photographer: Uppadine, A. D.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a well structure with two leather buckets attached to the ropes, above a pool: 'A well head with charsa (leather bucket) at the top, discharging water through its leather tube. Fit this on to 135. November' (note on back of print)
Well-head - lower, Mhow. Photographer: Uppadine, A. D.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the lower part of a well-head structure with two leather buckets filling up in a pool: 'About 15-20 gallons at a time can be raised at a speed of 100 operations per hour - 1500 gallons p. hour is not bad. The water is used for irrigation. November' (note on ...
The head of the well [probably at Mhow]. Photographer: Uppadine, A. D.
Scope & Content:
'As the self-delivery tube of the charsa (leather bucket) empties the water, the log (a date-palm trunk) steadies the flow of water and evens the rate of flow in the irrigation duct. The thick rope lifts the bucket. The thin one pulls forward the tube at the top of the bucket's rise.'
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1204 in the negative. Visited by the compiler of this album between 3rd and 4th March 1878. View looking across the gardens towards the Memorial Well and enclosure.