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- Industries construction scene at Alameda subway
- Workmen sit and stand near a vertical tubular boiler and loaded wheelbarrows at the Alameda Avenue trolley car underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. A railroad bridge is nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction
- Workmen pose near wheelbarrows on a wooden plank bridge, over a construction operation in Archer Canal, Denver, Colorado.
- Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Industries construction
- Workmen wait in line with wheelbarrows for mixed cement at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Wooden scaffolding on the street is by a side-dump car on a temporary railroad track.
- Concrete construction industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction scene during work on Alameda subway
- Workmen sit on and stand near wheelbarrows at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Wooden frame supports are nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction crew taking a break at Alameda subway site
- Workmen sit on loaded wheelbarrows at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction scene building Alameda subway
- Workmen pull wheelbarrows down a wooden plank walkway at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. A vertical tubular boiler and temporary railroad tracks are nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Underground on No. 16 Eldorado
- Two miners shovel ore into wheelbarrows, underground on No. 16 Eldorado, in possibly Alaska.
- Interiors--Alaska--1900-1920.; Miners--Alaska--1900-1920.; Mining--Alaska--1900-1920.; Wheelbarrows--Alaska--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Workers near coke ovens
- Two workers stand near a row of coke ovens in the coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man wearing overalls holds a rake. The other man holds a pole that extends into the opening of an oven. The men may be Italian or Hispanic....
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--El Moro--1880-19110.; Coal mining--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Coke ovens and Italian coke pueblo at Tercio, Colo.
- Coal miners pose in front of brick and stone coke ovens at Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Possibly Hispanic or Italian men wear overalls or work shirts and ragged slacks and caps. Wheelbarrows, shovels, a hose, and piles of stone are near...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke...
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- 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?]
- Coke Ovens at Cardiff, Colorado, Colorado Midland Railroad
- View of horse-drawn ore carts on top of a long line of joined stone coke ovens, shows rakes, wheelbarrows, a hose, wood piles and laborers, Cardiff (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Workmen with formwork and sluiceways
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men with wheelbarrows and concrete forms.
- Concrete construction--Formwork--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction ditching on S. Lipan St.
- Workmen work with wooden reinforcements and wheelbarrows at a canal construction site near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. A steam powered tractor is nearby. A sign near the canal reads: "Neef's Beer".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Men making bricks
- Men work a brick fabrication plant in Colorado. They stand with wheelbarrows on and near a wooden ramp near rows of bricks laid out to dry. A horse-driven arrastre (arrastra) is nearby.
- Brick industry--Colorado--1910-1930.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--1910-1930.; Laborers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Industries construction scene during work on Alameda subway
- Workmen stand near the edge of an excavation, where mixed concrete is delivered to other workmen with wheelbarrows, at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn carts and railroad tracks are nearby.
- Concrete construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction crews at work on Alameda subway
- Workmen work with shovels and wheelbarrows at the Alameda underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Sluices and a vertical tubular boiler are nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [1909]
- Coke ovens at Cardiff, Colo.
- Men stand by horse-drawn ore carts atop coke ovens in Cardiff, Garfield County, Colorado; shows laborers, wheelbarrows, and wood piles.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek
- Men pose with wheelbarrows by the entrance to the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A separator screen is nearby.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893?]
- Industries construction concrete pouring crew near Alameda
- Workmen mix cement and wait for it to be poured into wheelbarrows at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. An M. Rumely and Company tractor is nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building materials--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Sample room, Kansas City Smelting Co.
- Interior view of the Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company in Kansas City, Kansas; shows men by wheelbarrows, piles of ore, and machines with drive belts.
- Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company--1880-1890.; Ore handling--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Kansas City (Kan.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Smelters--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Feeding rooms, Kansas City Smelting Co.
- Interior view of the Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company in Kansas City, Kansas; shows men by wheelbarrows and piles of ore.
- Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company--1880-1890.; Ore handling--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Kansas City (Kan.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Smelters--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Construction scene at the Alameda subway
- Workmen stand at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. They sit near wheelbarrows and a vertical tubular boiler. A railroad bridge is nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Interior boiler room, sugar factory, Loveland, Colo.
- Workmen pose inside the boiler room of the Great Western Sugar Factory in Loveland, Colorado. They hold shovels in front of boilers next to piles of coal and wheelbarrows.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Laborers--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Early Portland plant
- Men pose in Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, by a horse-drawn wagon and truck loaded with full burlap sacks; wheelbarrows lie on rail tracks; a boom with wires and lumber are in the background. The Geddes & Seerie Stone Co. chose this site in...
- Geddes & Seerie Stone Company (Portland, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Portland (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Laying sidewalks
- In Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado, men work with picks, shovels, wheelbarrows, and a vat of tar.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Wells and Lowell Hardware Store
- B. T. Wells, Frank Lowell, W. S. Wells pose with group of children, and other men in front of their hardware store, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado. Three women, with potted plants, sit on the sills of the upper windows of the brick two story...
- Wells & Lowell Hardware (Blackhawk, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Lowell, Frank.; Wells,...
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Work Car 32, trailer and crew
- View of streetcar tracks under construction, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows men with shovels and wheelbarrows next to a maintenance streetcar and trailer.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- 1917
- Gold King Mine Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Miners pose with wheelbarrows by the entrance to the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A separator screen is nearby.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Black Hills Scenery
- Miners in a gold placer mine pit, South Dakota; shows tailings, sluice boxes, and wheelbarrows.
- South Dakota--1870-1880.; Gold miners--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Black Hills scenery
- Miners with shovels and wheelbarrows attend a boxed sluice in a gold placer mine pit, South Dakota.
- South Dakota--1870-1880.; Gold miners--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Gold mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Chinese Gulch mining
- View of a hydraulic mining operation at Chinese Gulch, in (probably) Colorado; shows men working, eroded ground, sluices, and wheelbarrows.
- Flumes--1860-1880.; Miners--1860-1880.; Mining--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Bridge construction milepost 207
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in (probably) Colorado or Utah consists of men working among concrete forms and finished bridge pylons. Wheelbarrows and lumber are in the foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Railroad bridges--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Railroad construction workers--1920-1940.; Reinforced concrete construction--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Main cut, Racine Boy (?) mine, Silver Cliff, Custer County
- View of miners standing in front of the main cut for the Racine Boy mine, Silver Creek (Custer County), Colorado. They are using wheelbarrows, pickaxes, and sledgehammers.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Farrey Brick Co. 34th & Elm / 34th & Dahlia
- View of a horse powered clay mixer at the Farrey Brick Company, in Denver, Colorado; a man shovels in a trench. Wheelbarrows and kilns are in the background.
- Farrey Brick Company (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Brick industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- A construction crew works on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows cranes, pulley, wheelbarrows, work horses and other machinery. Two men use survey equipment, three other men wearing suits and hats observe the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1898 September 20th
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Shows a construction crew paving the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. The workers use shovels, gravel, wheelbarrows and water hoses. Bags of sand or concrete and the iron fence used on the viaduct are stacked nearby. A few of...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Pavements--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction...
- June 1899
- Western Feldspar Milling Co.
- View of the Western Feldspar Milling Company yard in Denver County, Colorado; shows mining ore processing sheds, tailing piles, wheelbarrows, and a man by a tractor.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- Paramount Theater being remodeled
- View of the remodeling operation at the Paramount Theater building designed by Temple Hoyne Buell at 16th (Sixteenth) and Glenarm Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand near a pick-up truck parked nearby. Equipment includes...
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Paramount Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Remodeling--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Harrison Reduction Works
- Miners pose near the building of the Harrison Reduction Works in Lake County, Colorado. Some men pose near wheelbarrows.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Lumber--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Lake...
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Denver building
- View of a partially constructed factory or warehouse building in Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand near construction materials that include wood, cement, and wheelbarrows.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Russell Gulch placer mining
- Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Early placer mining
- Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Placer mines at Cripple Creek Colo.
- Placer miners pose near sluices and a flume near Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. The men's tools include gold pans, shovels, and wheelbarrows.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Quarry tramway
- A miner poses near a tramway probably at the Pikeview Quarry near Cascade, El Paso County, Colorado. Wheelbarrows are near the tracks.
- Cascade (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Cascade--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cascade--1890-1910.; Quarrying--Colorado--Cascade--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Coke ovens at Cardiff
- View of horse-drawn ore carts on top of a long line of joined stone coke ovens, shows wheelbarrows, wood piles and laborers, Cardiff, Garfield County, Colorado.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Gold King Mine
- View of entrance to Gold King Mine with tailings, ore separator, men and wheelbarrows and tools, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Carbondale Reservoir and Irrigation Co. Dam on Catte [sic] Mesa, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Carbondale Reservoir & Irrigation Company dam on Cattle Creek Mesa, Garfield County, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; rock embankment or dam under construction with partially filled reservoir, wheelbarrows & other equipment,...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dam construction--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Removing plaster cast from finished wall habitats zoo
- Workmen remove the plaster from the bear habitat at the zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Scaffolding, wheelbarrows, and ladders are nearby.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver Zoo--1910-1920.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [1918]
- Start of construction habitats zoo
- Workmen pose at the bear habitat construction site at the zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Scaffolding, concrete mixers, and wheelbarrows are nearby.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver Zoo--1910-1920.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [1918]
- Denver City & County Building construction
- View of the partially constructed City and County Building on Bannock Street in Denver, Colorado. Large carts and wheelbarrows are in line near a wall. The Denver Public Library in Civic Center Park is in the distance.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1929 June 12]