This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California. Butane (natural gas in tanks) as a source of power on small farms is in Tulare, Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara Counties, California
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1938
Contributors
Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Location
california
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html