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Photograph of backhoe digging a trench for a water line, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, 1980
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Archival Collection
Description
A backhoe digging a trench for the installation of an irrigation water line.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Digging a ditch for installation of a 10'' water line to supply a sprinkler system in the Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada, 1980."
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Photograph of irrigation pump and water line, Amargosa Valley, Nevada, 1980
Date
Archival Collection
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."
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Photograph of a butane powered pump engine on the T & T Ranch, Nevada, circa 1958
Date
Archival Collection
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."
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Photograph of a pivot watering system, Hank Record Ranch, Nevada, 1980
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Irrigation pivot watering alfalfa on the property of Hank Records.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Amargosa Valley, Nye county, Nevada, 1980. Pivot watering system has just been installed on the property belonging to Hank Records and the alfalfa is beginning to grow. When alfalfa is first seeded, oats are also planted as a cover crop. The oats, which protect the tender alfalfa seedlings, are later cut, and the alfalfa takes over."
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Photograph of water flowing from a pump, Hank Record Ranch, Nevada, 1979
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Water flowing from a pump in the Amargosa Valley.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Water flowing from a pump located on the property of Hank Records, Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada, about 1979. the view is toward the west."
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Photograph of diesel pumps, Hank Record Ranch, Nevada, 1956
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Diesel pumps on the Record Ranch.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Detroit diesels powering pumps on Hank Record's property, Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada, about 1956. (Diesels were installed by Mantzer Detroit Diesel out of Sparks, Nevada.) Records brought the trailer in the background from Prescott, Arizona; it was the first structure in the Amargosa Valley Farm Area aside from those on the T & T Ranch. The trees are Balm of Gileads."
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Photographic postcard of Hemenway Wash, Nevada and Colorado River, 1932
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the river and Hemenway Wash, with Ragtown (Williamsville) on the banks of the river.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from front of postcard: "Hemenway Wash and Colorado River from lookout point near Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, Nevada. Frashers Foto - Pomona, Calif." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Ragtown/Williamsville at center."
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Photograph of Hemenway Wash, Nevada and Colorado River, circa 1932
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A view of Hemenway Wash and the Colorado River before Lake Mead.
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Photograph of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, circa 1932
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A view of the Las Vegas Valley from the east side of the valley, showing the Spring Mountains and Mount Charleston. Two additional similar views are housed with this image.
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Photograph of Railroad Pass, Nevada, circa 1932
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the Las Vegas Valley from Railroad Pass.
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