Persian Wheel

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 237 Coll-1434/661
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1870s-1930s
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 83mm by 83mm 1 slide
      83mm by 83mm

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Persian wheel, a mechanical water lifting device operated by draught animals in a [corn?] field with a man sitting on one part of the wheel in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Kristy Davis as part of Towards Dolly Project, 2012-2013