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Well Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a well mechanism with an overhung vertical drive pulley which functions as a bearing and oil reservoir for improved lubrication of the bearings; also, improved pump construction and shaft support.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Landscape Irrigation Program: Implementation

Description: This report discusses the implementation of Texas House Bill 1656 which requires municipalities with a population of 20,000 or more to adopt landscape irrigation ordinances.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Compliance Support Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Man, Girl, Pony, and Irrigation Pump

Description: Copy negative of two pictures of Daniel Ray (D. R.) DeRusha and young Romara Ray DeRusha with a pinto pony at an irrigation pump. In the first picture, Daniel Ray is holding the pony while Romara is sitting on it and the pump is on the left. In the second picture, only Daniel Ray's hat is visible, Romara is standing by the pony, and there is another horse in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Machinery for Irrigating Purposes

Description: Patent for a machine that irrigates with a water wheel. The water wheel is connected to a float and a rod connected that is connected to a crank on the shaft of the wheel.
Date: September 25, 1888
Creator: Owen, Benajah Dotte
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Water conservation]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 19, 1981
Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bay Prairie Irrigation Company system]

Description: Photograph of irrigation equipment belonging to the Bay Prairie Irrigation Company. The equipment has multiple small doors that are arranged in rows on the wall and there is a strip of space in the center of the wall that is open. There are three white ladders leaned against the wall and there are pipes running in front of the wall. The image has been torn and the bottom edge is jagged. This room was possibly a part of a water pumping plant.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Combined Protector and Irrigator For Plants

Description: Patent for a combined protector and irrigator that provides protection for the plant from insects and other animals, and provides proper watering from a reservoir. The contraption can be re-used and be accommodated for different size plants.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Arnold, John P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Agricultural Water Conservation Grant Final Report

Description: Report on the Harlingen Irrigation District's improvements to the Texas Water Development Board's Agricultural Water Conservation program. The report includes project's location, a detailed project description, and several photographs of the project site.
Date: August 26, 2016
Creator: McLemore, Tom; Arendt, Johanna; Ford, Karen & Khan, Tabish
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Field Being Irrigated]

Description: Photograph of a man in a light colored shirt and brimmed hat standing in a field with pools of water being prepared in the foreground. Two buildings can be seen in the center and right background, along with a small group of trees.
Date: unknown
Partner: El Paso Public Library
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