Iowa Heritage Digital Collections
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Men and boys surrounding “Jumbo” artesian well, Belle Plaine, Iowa, late 1890s or early 1900s

Men and boys surrounding “Jumbo” artesian well, Belle Plaine, Iowa, late 1890s or early 1900s

Title

Men and boys surrounding “Jumbo” artesian well, Belle Plaine, Iowa, late 1890s or early 1900s

Description

Artesian well/Jumbo well, 3 ft in diameter at surface, 195 deep through fine sand and blue clay. Bored with 2 inch drill. Water broke out. pressure 35 lbs to sq in.

Creator

unknown

Source

Photographs scanned using Epson Expression 1680 scanner at 300 ppi, 8-bit greyscale.

Publisher

University of Iowa. Dept. of Geoscience. Paleontology Repository
Contact Tiffany Adrain (tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu) at The University of Iowa Paleontology Repository http://www.uiowa.edu/~geology/paleo

Date

1895/1910
2006-03-09

Rights

This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without permission.

Relation

Calvin Geological Photographs
This digital collection contains the geology-related images originally digitized for the Dept. of Geosciences' Calvin web exhibit: http://www.uiowa.edu/~calvin/calvin.htm . Calvin's images of Iowa City can be viewed in the Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes Digital Collection: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/ictcs

Format

jpeg
5
7

Type

Still image
Photographs; Dry collodion negatives

Identifier

0575
3321
173611416
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/