Harry Brown - Brown Retort

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

Viewing Object