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Artesian well 10 miles south of Florence, Fremont County, Colorado.

U.S. Geological Survey · 1904 · U.S. Geological Survey

A discharge pipe runs out over a timber-framed trough at the head of a raw eroded gully, with a small square measuring box set on the ground beside it and open plain behind.
From the archive · U.S. Geological Survey · 1904 Artesian well 10 miles south of Florence, Fremont County, Colorado. U.S. Geological Survey

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An artesian well south of Florence with a measuring box set under its discharge. The box is the point: somebody was there to find out how much, not just whether.

Shows: A flowing well being gauged, and the gully its own discharge had already cut.

What this does not let you conclude: The figure they got. That is in the Professional Paper this was published in, not in the frame. The album caption records the hour -- 4pm -- along with the roll and the section. Published in a U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.

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