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- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1997 March
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1994 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Derrick no. 027
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Derrick No. 027, built in 1923, operated for over 70 years as the centerpiece of work trains throughout the Rio Grande rail system. No. 027 is the oldest surviving derrick built for the D&RGW Railroad. The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327 letter box slot
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Car RGX 3327
- D&RGW TOOL CAR RGX-3327 operated as a tool car from 1952 until 1995 and was dispatched with D&RGW Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 as part of the Denver derrick work train. The car operated with D&RGW Derrick No. 027 while the derrick was stationed...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- D&RGW Creede Br. 2-8-0 1167 and 066 on curve at Derrick, Colo. plowing out line.
- Men stand in front of Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company wedge snowplow 066, pushed through deep snow by locomotive 1167, at Derrick (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Mountains are in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Derrick (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Derrick--1940-1950.; Snow removal--Colorado--Derrick--1940-1950.; Snowplows--Colorado--Derrick--1940-1950.
- 1949 February 15
- Colorado & Southern Ry. wrecking derrick 99001, Broomfield, Colo.
- Colorado and Southern wrecking derrick 99001 lifts derailed freight cars from railroad tracks near Broomfield (Broomfield County), Colorado. A derailed car is lettered: "Canadian Pacific Railway." Letters on the derrick read: "C & S 99001."...
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company--1950-1960.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Broomfield (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Broomfield--1950-1960.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Broomfield--1950-1960.; Railroad...
- 1958 September 22
- D&RGW
- Smoke rises from Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad standard gauge wedge plow #066, derailed at Derrick (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Railroad workers stand beside the locomotive in the deep snow.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Derrick (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Derrick--1950-1960.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Derrick--1950-1960.; Snow removal--Colorado--Derrick--1950-1960.
- 1952 January 18
- Baltimore & Ohio R.R. derailment, engine 4247, wrecking derrick X41, Akron, OH
- View of Baltimore & Ohio steam locomotive no. 4247 and wrecking derrick X-41 in Akron, Ohio. The derrick lifts a gondola car after a derailment while a railroad crew looks on.
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Akron (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery.; Railroad accidents.; Railroad locomotives.
- 1947 August 27
- Colorado & Southern Ry. wreck train [sic], Broomfield, Colo. #807
- View of Colorado and Southern Railway locomotive number 807, a tender, work car and railroad derrick near Broomfield (Broomfield County), Colorado. Lettering on the locomotive and tender reads: "Burlington Route,"807 C&S," and " 99502." The derrick...
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company--1950-1960.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Broomfield (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Broomfield--1950-1960.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Broomfield--1950-1960.; Railroad...
- 1958 Sept. 9
- Pennsylvania Mining Accidents 1869 - 1916
- History of mines and mining in Pennsylvania, and an alphabetical index by miner’s name for fatal and non-fatal mine accidents in Pennsylvania for the years 1869, 1871, 1872, 1874 (partial), 1875, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1887, 1888,...
- Mine accidents--Pennsylvania--Indexes.
- 2007
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service from 1952 until 1997,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service from 1952 until 1997,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 kitchen
- Photograph of the gutted kitchen in the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 dining guests
- Photograph of guest dining in the the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1935
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 sleeper
- Photograph of the interior sleeper in the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service from 1952 until 1997,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274
- Photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service from 1952 until 1997,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 D
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Oil derrick
- View of an oil derrick, probably operated by United Oil Company, in Florence (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows wood frame, gabled buildings, a smokestack and people.
- United Oil Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Oil drilling rigs--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1900.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Drilling rig - derrick
- View of a oil drilling operation; shows a man, stacked pipe sections, a wooden derrick, buildings with smokestacks, and Battlement Mesa (?), Garfield County, Colorado.
- Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Garfield County--1920- 1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Drilling rig - derrick
- View of a wooden oil derrick, buildings with smokestacks, and a dead cedar tree, possibly in Garfield County, Colorado.
- Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Garfield County--1920- 1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Seventh Annual Juneteenth Pageant program
- Florence oil field
- View of an oil derrick, probably owned by the United Oil Company, people, wood frame houses, a hill and an outhouse near Florence (Fremont County), Colorado.
- United Oil Company--Facilities--1890-1920.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- St. Clair, Mich. Oakland Hotel boathouse.
- View of the boat house for the Oakland Hotel in St. Clair (St. Clair County), Michigan. A sign on the building reads: Oakland Boat House. A wooden walkway leads to a dock on the St. Clair River. Part of the walkway and the dock are elevated on...
- Oakland Hotel (St. Claire, Mich.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Saint Clair River (Mich. and Ont.)--1900-1910.; St. Clair (Mich.)--1900-1910.; Boathouses.; Hotels.; Piers & wharves.; Resorts.; Walkways.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Well sight [sic]
- A man stands by a collection pond near an oil derrick in Colorado. A utility building and pump are nearby.
- Oil wells--Colorado--1910-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Men haying
- Men work in a field of hay possibly near DeBeque (Mesa County), Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy is near large haystacks and a derrick.
- Croplands--Colorado--1910-1930.; Hay--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Grand River Oil & Gas Co. DeBeque, Colo. No 1 well making 250,000 cu. ft. gas every 24 hours
- View of an oil derrick at an oil well near DeBeque (Mesa County), Colorado.
- Oil wells--Colorado--DeBeque--1910-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--DeBeque--1910-1920.
- 1912 April 22
- Industry oil well
- Men stand by an oil well and derrick possibly near DeBeque (Mesa County), Colorado. A utility building is nearby.
- Oil wells--Colorado--1910-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Industries oil
- A man stands near a partially constructed oil well in Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy is nearby. Another oil well and derrick is in the distance.
- Oil wells--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Man putting up barbed wire fence
- A man poses with a hammer near a fence in Colorado. An oil well and derrick are in the distance.
- Fences--Colorado--1910-1930.; Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Denver office building
- Men look into a window of a brokerage office in Denver, Colorado. A miniature oil derrick is on display in the window. The words: "Boulder. Florence. Pagosa Spgs. Debeque." and "Oil Stocks and Broker [?]" are painted on the window.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Financial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Window displays--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Oil well
- Men pose by an automobile parked near an oil well possibly near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Utility buildings are near the derrick.
- Oil wells--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Bakersfield. Santa Fe oil district
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows wooden oil derricks and canvas tents in an oil field near Bakersfield (Kern County), California. Shows a farm house and outbuildings, fenced pasture and animals and hay stacked around a...
- Bakersfield (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Farmhouses--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.; Oil wells--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.; Petroleum industry--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Lower terminal of Tomboy tram at Pandora
- A boy poses near a guy derrick by the lower aerial tramway terminal at the Tomboy Mine near Pandora (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Pandora (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Tomboy Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Pandora--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Pandora--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Pandora--1920-1930.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Flood scene
- View of bridge repair after a flood in (probably) Colorado; shows a stream or river, timber piers, railroad construction locomotive and cars, and a derrick.
- Floods--Colorado--1910-1940.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1910-1940.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--1910-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--1910-1940.; Railroads--Colorado--1910-1940.; Streams--Colorado--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Drilling rig (good)
- View of an oil drilling operation; shows people posing by a wooden derrick and shop buildings with smokestacks, possibly in Garfield County, Colorado.
- Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Garfield County--1920- 1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Eureka 1942
- View of many dilapidated structures in Eureka, Colorado including Eureka Creek surrounded by a fence; features a large building with vertical plank siding, medium gable, and staircase leading up the outside of the gabeled facade; shed with a...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Testing gravel before building dredge
- View of a placer gold mine sampling operation, in Summit County, Colorado; miners work with a churn drill and derrick. Lettering reads: "Keystone Driller Co."
- Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Strauss Quarry, surface workings of the quarry at Marble, Colorado
- View of Strauss Quarry shows a revolving derrick and a horizontal drilling machine fed by compressed air lines, near Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Marble (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Marble--1900-1910.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Colorado General Hospital under construction
- View of Colorado General Hospital construction in Denver, Colorado, shows a brick building stone trim, scaffolding, a derrick, and parked cars.
- Colorado General Hospital--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1923 or 1924]
- Marble quarry
- View of the Kerr Stone Company marble quarry near Howard (Fremont County), Colorado. A portable fire box boiler is suspended by a hand powered guy derrick nearby.
- Marble (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boilers--Colorado--Marble--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Marble--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Marble--1890-1910.; Quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Teccoloto stone quarries N. M.
- View from the tracks of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) of the Teccoloto stone quary near Tecolote, New Mexico. Miners stand near guy derrick cranes in the rock quarry.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1910.; Tecolote (Lincolin County, N.M.)--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--New Mexico--Tecolote--1890-1910.; Miners--New Mexico--Tecolote--1890-1910.; Mining--New Mexico--Tecolote--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Rock quarry Ute Pass Colorado Springs.
- View of a rock quarry on Ute Pass near Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. A guy derrick crane with a tackle box is prepared to hoist a section of rock.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Quarrying--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]