This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates on cost of about 1/2 the cost of electricity, Tulare County, California
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Title
This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates on cost of about 1/2 the cost of electricity, Tulare County, California
Collection
Farm Security Administration Photographs
Lange, Dorothea
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lange, Dorothea (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1938-11
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 018360-E c.2
Subjects
California -- Tulare County
Irrigation
Water in agriculture
Genres
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: Caption continues: Butane (natural gas in tanks) as a source of power on small farms is being developed by the Farm Security Administration Rural Rehabilitation Program in Tulare, Kern, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California.
Content: FSA Collection contains two copies of this photograph.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Identifiers
TMS ID: 23888
TMS Object Number: 018360-E c.2
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 33494cf0-8d03-0136-5de3-67d5f5495235
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates on cost of about 1/2 the cost of electricity, Tulare County, California" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/33494cf0-8d03-0136-5de3-67d5f5495235
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates on cost of about 1/2 the cost of electricity, Tulare County, California Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/33494cf0-8d03-0136-5de3-67d5f5495235
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates on cost of about 1/2 the cost of electricity, Tulare County, California" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/33494cf0-8d03-0136-5de3-67d5f5495235
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