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UD-18A — Irrigation
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Subject: "UD-18A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Delta Securities Co., Inc., Raceland, La. Used with Worthington 48-inch drainage pumps. Units are draining 4,400 acres of rich marsh land six feet below sea level. The water is lifted 8 ft. in the pumping station where it flows into a canal at the rate of 50,000 GPM. Crops are corn, clover hay and seed. The land is protected by dikes & the pumps are used to control water level. They are started when the rain falls & in the rainy season operate as much as required to prevent flooding. Photo by Elmer Weaver."
1950
International Harvester Company
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UD-18A — Irrigation
1950
Subject: "UD-18A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Delta Securities Co., Inc., Raceland, La. Used with Worthington 48-inch drainage pumps. Units are dra...
UD-14A — Irrigation
1950
View towards two men posing outdoors near a UD-14A. Subject: "UD-14A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by J.M. Johnson, Katy, Texas. It powers an 8-in. Lay...
UD-16 — Irrigation
1950
A UD-16 sitting outdoors, with a storage tank on the right. There is a cornfield in the background. Subject: "UD-16 — Irrigation." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by ...
TD-18A — Irrigation
1950
Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving a TD-18A in a field. Subject: "TD-18A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "TD-18 shown with Heil C-10 scraper ...
UD-18A Power Unit — Municipalities
1950
Subject: "Municipalities." Where Taken: "MW." Information with photograph reads: "Ready-Power Generator Set, UD-18A powered in plant of Department of Public Works, Battle Creek, Mich. This plant is...
UD-18A Power Unit — Municipalities
1950
Subject: "Municipalities." Where Taken: "MW." Information with photograph reads: "Ready-Power Generator Set, UD-18A powered in plant of Department of Public Works, Battle Creek, Mich. This plant is...
