Photograph of a butane powered pump engine on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, circa 1958
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- Title
- Photograph of a butane powered pump engine on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, circa 1958
- Description
- Since the Amargosa Valley did not have electricity until 1964, all pumps were run by combustion engines, like this one on the T & T Ranch.
- Transcribed Notes
- Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Land on the T & T Ranch, Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada, about 1958 or 1959. Commercial electricity was not available in the Amargosa Valley until 1964. Until then all water pumping was done with combustion engines running at the wells. Pictured here is a butane-operated motor, running a pump on the property belonging to Hank Records."
- Accession Number
- 0221:0124
- Original Collection
- Formatted Date
- 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960
- Alternative Date
- Circa 1958
- Geographic Feature (Getty TGN)
- Local Geographic Feature
- County (Getty TGN)
- State (Getty TGN)
- Country (Getty TGN)
- Subject (LC TGM)
- Subject (FAST Topical & Geographic Headings)
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- Genre (LC TGM)
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- Is Part of
- http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,2
- Rights
- This material may be protected by copyright. Personal, including educational and academic, use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from the University Libraries. For further information please contact Digital Collections: http://digital.library.unlv.edu/contact
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 10.08 x 8.13 inches
- Digital Publisher
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries
- Digital Collection
- Conversion Specifications
- Original material scanned on Epson Expression 10000XL using EPSON Scan Ver. 2.94A
- Digital ID
- hln000322
- Access ID
- 400
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