Hydrohistorian
Artesian well, La Junta, Otero County, Colorado.
U.S. Geological Survey · 1904 · U.S. Geological Survey
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An artesian well south of La Junta: one pipe, one valve, and water arriving under its own pressure. The Arkansas Valley's artesian pressure was a boom and then it was not, which is the oldest lesson in Colorado groundwater.
Shows: What an artesian well looked like when the pressure did the work and nobody needed a pump.
What this does not let you conclude: The head it was producing, or for how long. Professional Paper 52 measured that; the pipe cannot. Published as Plate 24-A of U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 52. The album caption reads 'Artesian well on hill south of La Junta. Looking north.'
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- Topic groundwater · plate
- County otero · gallery
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