Solar motor near Phoenix, Arizona, showing detail of boiler where 2000 mirrors focus on sun's rays, ca.1903

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Title	Solar motor near Phoenix, Arizona, showing detail of boiler where 2000 mirrors focus on sun's rays, ca.1903
Description	Photograph of a solar motor near Phoenix, Arizona, showing detail of boiler where 2000 mirrors focus on sun's rays, ca.1903. The apparatus is designed to pumps water for irrigation. Gear mechanism (not visible) rotates the dish-shaped mirror to follow the sun.
Subject (adlf)	power generation sites
Subject (file heading)	Industry -- Plants -- Installations -- Exteriors; Arizona -- Phoenix
Subject (lcsh)	Solar energy Water-supply
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Phoenix
Geographic subject (state)	Arizona
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1903
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1903
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	1305
Call number	CHS-1305
Microfiche number	1-110-5
Legacy record ID	chs-m10065; USC-1-1-1-10205; USC-1-1-1-14017
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-1305
Archival file	chs_Volume71/CHS-1305.tiff

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