Hydrohistorian
The Cylone Well Drilling Outfit
Library of Congress · 1922
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, National Photo Company Collection, LC-DIG-npcc-07232 No known restrictions on publication. Archive record ↗ · Rights
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A well rig demonstrated to a crowd, which is how the technology spread. Every permit in the state file began as somebody deciding a rig like this was worth hiring.
Shows: Groundwater as a product being sold, before it was a thing being administered.
What this does not let you conclude: Any Colorado well, and nothing about what an aquifer will bear. The permit file beside this counts the holes; it does not count the water. The Library gives 1922. 'Cylone' is the catalogue's spelling of the banner in the frame, which reads Cyclone.
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- Topic groundwater · plate
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