View of the Great Western Sugar Company plant and office in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a large processing plant with a tall smokestack and round silos. The plant is constructed of brick and has large windows across the length of each story. A ventilator is across the top of the building. The two story brick office with a hip roof is nearby.
Date
1989
Notes
Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Kathleen Barlow.; From inventory: "The Western Sugar Cooperative was originally founded around 1903 by Charles Boettcher as the Great Western Sugar Company and opened its first sugar beet plant in Loveland, Colorado. The plant closed in 1985."; Scanned image from loaned collection.; R7001518802; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.
Physical Description
1 photographic print ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Adams County.;
Subject
Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; Brighton (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sugar industry.; Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Beet sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--Pictorial works.; Brighton (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source
Source: loan, Tom Noel, 2010.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
