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- Denver Ordnance Plant, installing netting over mix houses
- Construction workers install chain link netting over mix houses at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, hoisting re-enforcing steel
- Construction workers unload re-enforcing steel from a railroad car at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Workers in hard hats and work clothes attach...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Bricklayers work from scaffolding at the Denver Ordnance plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Masons construct window casings with brick. Laborers wear work clothes and hats...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Construction workers assemble walls of a building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building's framework consists of I-beams and corrugated metal...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, men coming off shift
- Construction workers prepare to exit the site of the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Some buildings are partially completed and construction vehicles are...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, refreshment stand
- Workers stand at a refreshment stand at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. One man leans on the counter near a box labeled "Herbert Tareyton, Modern...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Facilities--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Food vendors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, chem. storage & mix bldgs
- Construction workers excavate a trench near brick mix buildings at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A man in uniform walks between the buildings and the...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, steel worker
- A construction worker perches on an I-beam and adjusts rivets at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The worker wears work clothes, gloves, a hat and holds...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; I-beams--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, painters
- Two painters work on windows at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men are in coveralls and hats and stand on scaffolding and paint the window casings...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, arc welding on steel roof
- A construction worker uses arc welding equipment as he perches on a steel beam at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building under construction...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, parked cars
- Cars are parked in the parking lot at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. People in work clothes walk in the distance. A white building with windows and...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Parking lots--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, nearly completed buildings
- At a construction site piles of cast iron pipe lay on the ground at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Wooden barrels, boards, ladders and other...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, water tanks, man drinking
- A worker stands near a square wooden water tank at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. He is shirtless, and has a possible employee identification number...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, lt. col. D.G. McGregor & stenographer
- Lt. Col. D.G. McGregor, in uniform and a female stenographer sit at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The desk is covered with...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Office workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.;...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, lt. col. D.G. McGregor comm. officer
- Lt. Col. D.G. McGregor, in uniform sits at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. He holds a cigarett in one hand. The desk holds...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, entry gate no.1
- An officer in uniform stops to check a pick up truck at an entrance to the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A truck labeled "BUILDINGS" and "H295" stops at...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gates--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Private...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, ambulance squad
- Three men stand near an ambulance near a wooden building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Two men wear uniforms with badges. The third man wears...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ambulances--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Gates--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Private...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, Lt. Col. Carl. H. Jabelowsky, construction quartermaster
- A man in uniform, Lt. Col. Carl. H. Jabelowsky, sits at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A vase with flowers and a telephone sit...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, Swensson, E.E. Gen. Man. Remington Arms
- E.E. Swensson, general manager of Remington Arms, sits at his desk at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. He holds a pen in his hand. A telephone and...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Remington Arms Company--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.;...
- [1941?]
- Plant of Ideal Cement Co. under construction at Portland, Colo. adjacent to original plant started there in 1899.
- View of the Ideal Cement Company plant under construction in Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, shows concrete supports, steel pipes towering over men working on scaffolding, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight car, crane, sifter, and girders...
- Portland (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1948?
- Ceremony at Moffat Filter Plant
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton and Denver Water Commissioner Richard Wensley hold the switch mechanism to a sluice gate near the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Other men, photographers with cameras, and two women stand...
- Stapleton, Benjamin Franklin, 1869-1950--Public appearances.; Denver (Colo.). Board of Water Commissioners.--1930-1940.; Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Rites & ceremonies--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- [1937 August 20]
- Power plant in Clear Creek Cañon
- Hydroelectric power plant beside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; shows wooden flume and metal pipes to small wooden frame power plant building, and electrical power lines and poles up the canyon to right of building.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1920.; Power plants--Colorado--Clear Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Water power plant, Orchard Mesa ditch
- View of water power plant on Orchard Mesa Ditch, Mesa County, Colorado; shows holding tank above four large water intake pipes, pipes entering two-story brick building, additional pipe entering from side, large ditch with water underneath building,...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Power plants--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Steam Plant Lofts and Patio Homes sales center sign at Lowry
- View of signs for the Steam Plant Lofts and Patio Homes Sales Center at 7752 East Fourth (4th) Avenue in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Signs (Notices); Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2003
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 20, 1910 May 14
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 6, 1918 August
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1918 November
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 42, 1909 December 4
- Vanadium plant, Placerville
- A man stands on the railroad tracks near a vanadium plant in Placerville (San Miguel County), Colorado. He wears a felt hat, suit, and a cigarette dangles from his mouth. A team of horses pulls a wagon up a dirt road toward the plant. Dark smoke...
- Vanadium industry--Colorado--Placerville--1910-1930.; Placerville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Placerville--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Placerville--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Placerville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Greeley Water Dep't. treatment plant
- View of buildings at the Greeley Water Department treatment plant in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Shows holding pools with concrete retaining walls, a rounded, brick building and a car parked beside probably an administration building with a...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.; Sewerage--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Kern River power plant [graphic]
- A view of the Kern River Power Plant, probably near Bakersfield (Kern County), California, shows wood frame buildings in a boulder field with a penstock near the buildings and an aqueduct along a steep embankment. The power plant is on the shore of...
- Aqueducts--California--1890-1910.; Penstocks--California--1890-1910.; Power plants--California--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- 225 ton tabling and flotation plant London Gold Mines Alma, Colo
- View of the London Gold Mines tabling and flotation plant near Alma (Park County), Colorado.
- Alma (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1930-1940.; Ore industry--Colorado--Alma--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Left Mary Verna plant, foreground curtain
- A group of people walk on the narrow gauge railroad tracks between the Mary Verna mine and the power plant on Tenmile Creek, Summit County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tenmile Creek (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Narrow...
- [between 1906 and 1909?]
- Rifle U. S. Vanadium plant
- View of the oil shale demonstration plant (or U. S. Vanadium plant), near Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado; shows the Colorado River and Roan Cliffs.
- Shale oils--Colorado--Rifle--1920-1930.; Rifle (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Rifle--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Power & heating plant
- Shows the power and heating plant and the nine story smoke stack located at the Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The power plant was built in 1892.
- Denver General Hospital--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Power plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Mine car manufacturing plant
- View of the interior of a mine car manufacturing plant. Rockers, rocker stands, and ore car bodies along with hood vents and tools are in the plant.
- Factories--1890-1910.; Industry--1890-1910.; Interiors--1890-1910.; Mine railroads--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Reduction plant of Golden Cycle mining and milling corporation at west Colorado Springs known as "Golden Cycle Mill."
- Golden Cycle Mine and mill complex in Colorado Springs, Colorado shows: houses, reduction plant with smokestacks and tailings, Rampart Range.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Golden Cycle Mine (El Paso County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1930?]
- Power Plant at Craig
- Two large smokestacks and several buildings comprise the power plant at Craig, Colorado (Moffat County). Parking lots fiilled with cars surround the building. Steam rises out of the smaller boilers of the plant.
- Craig (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Power plants--Colorado--Craig--1950-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Electric power plant
- Interior view of an electric power plant in Aspen, Colorado; features two large generators with belts resting on wood bases, and electrical boxes and other circuitry on the back wall; man in a suit and a bowler hat sits on a chair in the back of...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Power plants--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [about 1885]
- Exterior view of Great Western Sugar Co. plant
- The Great Western Sugar Company plant in Ft. Morgan, Colorado features four silos, a water tower, and the plant itself.
- Great Western Sugar Company--1910-1950.; Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1950.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1950.; Water towers--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1950.
- [between 1910 and 1950]
- Akron & Barberton Belt R.R. engine #15, Firestone plant, Akron, OH
- View of Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad steam locomotive # 15 and a freight car near the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Akron, Ohio. Men stand on the tender. Plant buildings, pedestrians and automobiles are in the distance.
- Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Firestone Tire and Rubber Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Akron (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.
- 1947 April 12
- Bellefonte Central # 18 (2-8-0) leaving lime plant 1 spur
- Bellefonte Central railroad locomotive # 18 leaves a lime plant in State College (Centre County), Pennsylvania. The plant buildings and a flume are in the distance.
- Bellefonte Central Railroad Company--1930-1940.; State College (Pa.)--1930-1940.; Lime industry.; Railroad locomotives.
- 1939 September 16
- Power plant, Platte River
- View of a coal burning power plant, possibly the Zuni Power Plant, located on the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1960-1970.; Power plants.
- [between 1965 and 1970?]
- Coors plant w/trolley, rt. #83 inbound to Golden
- View from the Adolph Coors Brewery plant over the Coors residence rooftop, landscaped gardens and greenhouses, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, with the inbound Golden trolley route number 83 and North Table Mountain.
- Adolph Coors Company--1940-1950.; Golden (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Western History Subject Index
- Remington arms company
- Delta municipal power plant
- View of a section of the Delta Municipal Power Plant (1937) in Delta, Colorado. The complex consists of rectangular buildings. A mural by W. Richard Doherty, "Delta County Ark" (1987), is on one of the structures. The mural depicts the male and...
- Delta Municipal Light and Power System (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta Municipal Plant (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Power plants.; Murals.; Delta Municipal Light and Power System (Delta, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 3, 1921 March
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo
- Smoke rises from smokestacks and blast furnaces at the Minnequa Plant of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight cars are on tracks over an irrigation...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Factories--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1920.; Irrigation...
- [between 1908 and 1920?]
- American Shale Refining Co.
- View of the American Shale Refining Company plant site near De Beque on Conn Creek in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows one-story houses with gabled roofs and tar paper siding. Identical buildings, possibly boarding houses or dormitories, an...
- American Shale Refining Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [1920 August]
- Continental Oil Shale and Refining Co.
- View of a plant of the Colorado Oil Shale Mining & Refining Company near a layered shale cliff near Rifle in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows the brick smokestack of probably a retort, timber scaffolding, ladders, pulleys, and hoists. A man...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1920-1930.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1920-1930.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--Rio Blanco...
- [1920 August]