Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 52
A BRIDGE AT WAN HSIEN OF THE SINGLE ARCH TYPE. THE BRIDGE OF MIEN CHUH SZE CHUAN. When a rich man or a company of richmen wish to benefit their province, it isquite a common thing for them to lettheir generosity take the form of thebuilding of a bridge. This bridge wasso built. It is a most… … THE BRIDGE OF MIEN CHUH SZE CHUAN. D A SIMPLECOUNTRY BRIDGE. The kind of bridge found on a second-ary road in Sze Chuan, constructed ofwood roofed in with tiles, after themanner of Switzerland, to protect itfrom the weather.
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