History Colorado. LucideaCore ARGUS.net
Hello, Guest
Add As Favorite
Language
Log Out
Viewing Object
Print
List Options
My Static List
Select
/
Clear
park
Add
/
Remove
Create a New List
Add
Object Name
Photograph
Title
Harry Brown - Brown Retort
Maker
George L. Beam
Dates
Circa
,
1920-1930
,
The date of this photograph was determined when it was digitized and cataloged between the years 1994-1997 as part of the PhotosWest: Western History Imaging Project coordinated by the Denver Public Library. This project was funded through a three-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Boettcher Foundation.
Subject
Index Oil Shale Company--Facilities
Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque
De Beque (Colo.)
Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque
Machinery--Colorado--De Beque
Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque
Description
Harry Brown poses in an oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; he poses beside a Brown retort (he is probably the inventor) that consists of a hopper, rotating tanks, and exhaust stacks.
Object ID
91.237.318
CHS Scan #
R72000 51079
,
20005107
Print
List Options
My Static List
Select
/
Clear
park
Add
/
Remove
Create a New List
Add
Argus v4.4.0.38 - History Colorado. LucideaCore ARGUS.net