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Photograph of irrigation pump and water line, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, 1980

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Date
1980
Description

View of a water line and pump in the Amargosa Valley looking southwest toward the Funeral Mountains.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Amargosa Valley looking southwest toward the Funeral Mountains, 1980, showing a 10" water line and pump to supply a circle sprinkler system. The pump is a 75 horsepower electric turbine pump that supplies two sprinkler systems with a total of 1,450 gallons per minute. At that capacity, the pump only draws water down 3 inches in the well."

Digital ID
hln000321
Physical Identifier
0221_0122
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1dj5cg38
Details
Subject
Men
Mountains
Mud
Pumping machinery
Time Period
1980s (1980 - 1989)
Place
Nye County
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographic prints
photographs
Source
Amargosa Valley looking southwest toward the Funeral Mountains, 1980
Digital Project
The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment
Citation

hln000321. Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection, 1880-1990. PH-00221. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1dj5cg38

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff