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- Western History Subject Index
- Pikes Peak Power company
- Northern Colorado Company Substation
- Exterior photograph of the Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. ...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
- Undated
- Northern Colorado Company Substation
- Exterior photograph of the Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. ...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
- Undated
- Northern Colorado Company Substation
- Exterior photograph of the Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. ...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
- Undated
- Northern Colorado Company Substation
- Exterior photograph of the Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. ...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
- Undated
- Northern Colorado Company Substation
- Exterior photograph of the Northern Colorado Company Substation located in Lafayette, Colorado. This small 1908 brick industrial building, composed of a one story base and a two story tower, illustrates early power generation systems in Boulder. ...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lafayette.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lafayette.; Architecture--Colorado--Lafayette--History.
- Undated
- REI, Denver
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a red brick building and the South Platte River. The building has a parapet with a corbeled cornice and three blind...
- REI (Firm)--Buildings--2010-2020.; Starbucks Coffee Company--Buildings--2010-2020.; Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2010-2020.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--2010-2020.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver...
- 2010
- REI building
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the southeast elevation of the red brick building with a parapet with a corbeled cornice, and three inset corbeled,...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--2000-2010.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Sporting goods stores.;...
- 2002
- Holly Sugar Factory - Grand Junction
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a smokestack and the brick power house.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- CMA-1942
- Interior view of signs, displays and easel, probably at a Colorado Mining Association convention in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "For Denver, For National Defense," "Power Plants-Transmission Lines-Equipment," "For Dependable Service," "The Mine &...
- Colorado Mining Association--Meetings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibit booths--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man, possibly Charles Power. He wears a dark colored wool suit, white shirt, and dark silk necktie.
- Men--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Sellar, Colo.
- View of snow-covered Sellar, Pitkin County, Colorado, (once a station stop on the Colorado Midland Railroad); shows the coal chute, section houses, water tank and grade loops in background. The cleared power line heads for Hell Gate.
- Sellar (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Sellar--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Sellar--1920-1930.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- January 1922
- Waldorf, Colo. altitude: 11,666 feet at Post Office
- View of Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows buildings including (l to r): power house, stable, Post Office, and cables of the bucket line from Santiago to Waldorf.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Denver from the north side
- Bird's eye view east towards downtown Denver, Colorado from the north side; brick row houses and Denver Tramway Company Power House, foreground; Daniels & Fisher Tower under last stages of construction, opened November 1911, "Campanile" idea...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Mary Verna mine on left, tunnel #1
- A group of people walk on the narrow gauge railroad tracks between the Mary Verna mine and the power plant on Tenmile Creek in 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
- 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?]
- North American tunnel #2 on right
- Homer McAlister (Thornwell) drives a horse drawn buggy by the Mary Verne mine and power plant in Summit County, Colorado.
- Mary Verna Tunnel Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; McAlister, Homer Thornwell.
- between 1906 and 1909
- Boiler
- Interior view shows a boiler used to power a side crank engine to run power mining equipment at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boilers--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Hale power plant, Utah
- View of the Hale hydroelectric power plant and Hobble Creek (?), in Utah County, Utah.
- Hydroelectric power--(Utah)--1920-1930.; Power plants--Utah--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Cliff House
- Exterior view of the Cliff House in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This four-story frame building with wrap around open air porch, balcony, bays, and dormers features a turret with conical roof on the near corner and a projecting...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1960-1970.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1962 and 1969?]
- County administration building
- In this view of a building in Breckenridge, Colorado, a two story, gable roofed frame structure with a false front with a bracketed cornice, and a paned window storefront on the main floor is visible. The four sash windows on the second floor, just...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Advertising mock up for passenger trains
- Reproduction shows a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad advertisement depicting a steam locomotive led by a woman with winged heels. Printing reads: "Beauty Grace Speed Power Patroness of Travel, the Spirit of Modern Railroading Beckons into the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Advertisements--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Morse Brothers Machinery & Supply Company at 18th & Lawrence
- View of a building (originally Denver City Cable Railway Company power house) at 18th (Eighteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: " Supply Co.", "The Morse Bros. Machinery & Su[pply]", "Mining, Milling & Smelting Machinery....
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; S. H. Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Central Colorado Power Co. hydro-electric generating plant in Glenwood Canon, Colorado
- View of the Central Colorado Power Company Shoshone hydro-electric plant in Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado; also shows Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks and the Colorado River.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoshone Powerplant (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hydroelectric...
- June 19, 1909
- Central Colorado Power Co. hydro-electric generating plant in Glenwood Canon, Colorado
- View of the Central Colorado Power Company Shoshone hydro-electric plant in Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado; shows Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks and the Colorado River.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoshone Powerplant (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hydroelectric...
- June 19, 1909
- Glenwood Canon - state wagon road on north bank of Grand (Colorado) River
- View of the Colorado River, in Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado; shows the Taylor State Road, a power pole, and Denver and Rio Grande Railroad track grade.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- June 19, 1909
- D&RG mail line along south bank of the Grand (Colorado) River
- View of Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado; shows the Colorado River, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks, a power pole, and granite cliffs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- June 19, 1909
- Flooded rail yards Zuni power plant
- View of flooded rail yards near the South Platte River and Cherry Creek after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break in Denver, Colorado. A round house and the Zuni Power Plant are nearby.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Power plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad...
- [1933]
- Salida, Colo.
- View of Salida (Chaffee County) Colorado; shows the Monte Cristo Hotel, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot, rail yards and cars, Colorado Power Company, Red Cross Hospital, Central School, Salida High School, Arkansas River bridges, church...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- Shoshone Power House and switch board and govenor [sic] pumps
- Interior view of Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant power house in Garfield County, Colorado; shows turbines, generators, switchboard and governor pumps.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoshone powerplant (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- [1909]
- Shoshone Power House and penstock
- View of Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant power house construction, in Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County) Colorado; shows a steel frame structure with a concrete foundation, penstocks, and sheds.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoshone powerplant (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Garfield County--1900- 1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- [1908]
- Shoshone Power House
- Interior view of Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant power house in Garfield County, Colorado; shows turbines, generators, switchboard and governor pumps.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoshone powerplant (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- [1909]
- Shoshone Power House
- Interior view of Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant power house in Garfield County, Colorado; shows turbines, generators, switchboard and governor pumps.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoshone powerplant (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- [1909]
- Shoshone Power House
- Interior view of Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant power house in Garfield County, Colorado; shows turbines, generators, governor pumps, and a crane with sign, "Whiting Foundry Equipment Co, Harvey Ill. U.S.A. Chicago Suburb, Cap'y 30 Tons."
- Electric generators--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoshone powerplant (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Garfield...
- [1909]
- Shoshone Power House, transformers
- Interior view of Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant power house in Garfield County, Colorado; shows transformers, generators, and governor pumps.
- Electric transformers--Colorado--Garfield County--1900- 1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoshone powerplant (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Garfield...
- [1909]
- 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]
- Snowy street scene
- In this view of a snow covered street in Leadville, Colorado, are gabled residences, evergreen trees and, on the left side of the street, power lines. One power pole has a tattered poster on it.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Housing project, Lincoln Park Homes
- View of the Lincoln Park Homes public housing complex located at Colfax Avenue and Mariposa Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows brick and cinder block residential buildings, a playground, and laundry poles. Windows in...
- Lincoln Park Homes (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Housing--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.;...
- 1993 November
- Penitentiary road camp
- State Penitentiary road crew tents are in a field near Canon City, Colorado. Steam issues from a locomotive approaching over a rise, behind which are power poles, trees, and low hills. Sheep fence with wood posts, dirt road, bare trees, a power...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Work camps--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Finntown, Leadville, 1941
- View of Finntown mining district's dilapidated structures in Stray Horse Gluch, east of Leadville, Colorado. Structures along dirt road lined with power poles and power lines include a log cabin with corrugated metal roof, small lean-tos, wood...
- Finntown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Finntown--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- South spillway, Roosevelt Dam-sixty feet higher than Niagara!
- Water cascades from the south spillway of Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Gila County, Arizona. Shows the masonry dam wall and towers, power lines and probably a power plant outbuilding below the dam on the rocky hillside.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Gila County (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Gila County, Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Dams--Arizona--Gila County--1910-1920.; Electric...
- [1916]
- Pueblo power plant ex-street car power house 9/20/78
- Wooden poles, cable spools, and transformers surround the street- car power plant in Pueblo, Colorado. The six-story brick building has smokestacks and monitor roofed projections. Parked vehicles include a Volkswagen b̀ug' and 70's pickup trucks...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Power plants--Colorado--Pueblo--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Pueblo street-car power plant ex-street car power house
- Six-story, street-car power plant buildings in Pueblo, Colorado, are metal with stepped, flat or monitor roofs and smokestacks. Transformer racks are enclosed by chain link fence, and 1970's vans and trucks with camper shells are parked in the...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Power plants--Colorado--Pueblo--1970-1980.
- 1978
- The three witnesses to the divinity and authenticity of the Book of Mormon
- Photomontage of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris; ornate border has symbols including a locomotive, harp, alembic, trident, ship, caduceus, scribe, mortarboard, lion, book, keys, moose, crown, swords, acorns, and angels. Printed...
- Mormons--1880-1890.; Cowdery, Oliver.; Harris, Martin (1783-1875); Whitmer, David (1805-1888)
- 1886
- Colorado & Southern Ry., Valmont Power Plant near Boulder, Colo.
- A Colorado & Southern freight train headed by a steam locomotive passes Valmont Lake and the Valmont Power Plant near Boulder in Valmont (Boulder County), Colorado. The city of Boulder is in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Valmont Power Plant (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Valmont Reservoir (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Power plants.; Railroads.
- Power plant, Bridal Veil Falls
- View of the hydroelectric power plant atop Bridal Veil Falls on Bridal Veil Creek in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a concrete and wood structure with a pitched roof situated on a cliff.
- Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cliffs--Colorado--San Miguel County--1960-1970.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--San Miguel County--1960-1970.; Power plants--Colorado--San Miguel...
- 1963
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 September 30
- Western History Subject Index
- Platte river power authority
- Western History Subject Index
- Jefferson County Power and Light Co
- Western History Subject Index
- Southern Colorado PoWER COMPANY