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

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Title Photograph of irrigation pump and water line, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, 1980
Description View of a water line and pump in the Amargosa Valley looking southwest toward the Funeral Mountains. 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."
Source 0221:0122 Nye County Collection;
Date 1980
Coverage Amargosa Valley; Nye; Nevada; United States;
Subject Building; Men; Mountains; Mud; Pumping machinery; Trenches; Water-pipes; Irrigation pumps; Irrigation--Power supply; Irrigation farming; Irrigation;
Type Still Image;
Language eng
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Format image/tiff 10.08 x 8.13 inches
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries
Identifier http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/hln,355

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