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  • Settein [sic] bed, Greeley Waterworks
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    View of settling bed, Greeley Waterworks, Greeley, Colorado; irrigation canal.
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    Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Waterworks--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
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    [between 1900 and 1910]
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  • Filtering beds, Greeley Waterworks, Pleasant Valley
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    Bird's eye view of Greeley Waterworks' filtering beds in Pleasant Valley near Greeley, Colorado; horsedrawn carriages near irrigation canal, two men working in one dry filtering bed, other filtering bed filled with water; metal bridge crossing...
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    Pleasant Valley (Weld County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Weld County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Weld County--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Weld County--1900-1910.; Waterworks--Colorado--Weld County--1900-1910.; Greeley Waterworks...
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    [between 1900 and 1910]
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  • Ft. Collins Water Works
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    Fort Collins Waterworks building, dam, canal and stream, Ft. Collins, Colorado; sign over door states "erected 1882" with names listed underneath (Stoner, Watrous, Bouchyon?, Alexander, Ames, Love, Handy).
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    Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.; Dams--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.; Waterworks--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.
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    [between 1900 and 1910]
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  • Denver, city waterworks
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    View of the Denver Waterworks Plant located at 15th (Fifteenth) and Bassett Streets in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the pumping house and a large smokestack built by the Denver City Water Company. The 15th Street bridge...
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    Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1870-1880.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
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    [between 1872 and 1880?]
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  • The waterworks
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    View of the Denver Waterworks building located at 15th (Fifteenth) and Bassett Streets in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building, built by the Denver City Water Company, is a one story brick structure with arched windows....
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    Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1870-1880.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
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    1874
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  • Denver water works
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    View of the Lake Archer pumping station on West 12th (Twelfth) Avenue near Lake Archer reservoir in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. The waterworks structure, built by the Denver City Irrigation & Water Company, has a tall...
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    Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1880-1890.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1890?]
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  • Water works
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    View of the Lake Archer pumping station on West 12th (Twelfth) Avenue in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the stone waterworks plant and a wood structure with a tall smokestack. A horse stands in a canal nearby.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1880-1890.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1890?]
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  • Denver Municipal Water Board's buildings at Waterton, train at left
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    View of waterworks buildings at Waterton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows water filtering ponds, a pump building, and a tall smokestack.
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    Waterton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    1929 January
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  • General view of Denver from the Tower
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    View of Denver, Colorado; shows businesses with signs: "Fancy Goods," "Rickard Men's Furnisher 383," and "Jno. Stuart." Fifteenth (15th) Street, the Denver Waterworks, Front Range mountains, and West Denver neighborhoods are in the background; a...
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    Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
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    [between 1870 and 1880?]
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 28, 1909 August 28
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1909 August 28
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  • Western History Subject Index
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    Pueblo, Colorado. Water supply
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 37, 1911 September 9
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1911 September 9
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  • Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 13, 1912 March 30
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    Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1912 March 30
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  • The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 2, 1913 October 25
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    Newsletter produced semi-monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1913 October 25
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  • Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 9 and 10, 1924 September-October
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    Newsletter produced every two months by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1924 September-October
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  • The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 10, 1913 February 22
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    Newsletter produced semi-monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1913 February 22
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  • The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 15, 1912 May 17
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    Newsletter produced semi-monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
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    Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1912 May 17
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  • History of Denver
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    Comprehenisve study of the history of the Denver area before, during, and after the founding of the city.
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    Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
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    1901
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  • Akron, Colo.
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    View along Main Street of first water main pipes being laid, Akron, Washington County, Colorado. Trench dug along side of street; a man stands at canvas top automobile on street talking to driver. Buildings include a two-story brick commercial...
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    Akron (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Akron--1910-1920.; Waterworks--Colorado--Akron--1910-1920.
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    [1912]
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  • Artesian well, Alamosa Water-Works. 863 feet deep, 5 5/8 inch discharge, 13320 gallons per hour, constructed by J. A. Pfeifer, Oct. 7, 1911
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    View of one of the artesian wells of the Alamosa Water-Works, Alamosa County, Colorado. Possibly J. A. Pfeifer, well constructor, stands next to a pipe discharging water. Built October 7, 1911, 863 feet deep, 5 5/8 inch discharge, 13,320 gallons...
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    Alamosa Water-Works--1910-1920.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Waterworks--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.; Wells--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.; Pfeifer, J. A.
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    1911
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  • City waterworks, Akron, Colo.
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    View of two-story native stone structure with a windmill on its hipped roof and a tall cylindrical water tank (standpipe) in Akron, Washington County, Colorado. Building once housed city offices, jail, and the water well. Windmill and watertank no...
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    Akron (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Akron--1880-1900.; Windmills--Colorado--Akron--1880-1900.
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    [between 1886 and 1890]
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  • The waterworks
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    A horse drawn carriage stands outside of stone buildings at the Denver Water Department's pumping station, Twelfth (12th) and Shoshone, Denver, Colorado.
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    Denver Water Company--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ditches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910?]
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  • Filtering plant D. U. Water Co.
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    View of the Denver Union Water Company's filtering plant in Colorado.
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    Waterworks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver Union Water Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.
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    [either 1905 or 1906]
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  • Moffat Filter Plant
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    View of the front entrance of Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building is an Art Deco style structure embellished with decorative terra cotta tiles arranged in geometric patterns.
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    Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.
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    [between 1937 and 1940?]
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  • Moffat Filter Plant
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    View of the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building is a three story brick Art Deco style structure embellished with decorative terra cotta tiles. Shows head house, mixing chamber, and operating gallery. Cars are...
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    Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.
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    [between 1937 and 1940?]
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  • Moffat Filter Plant
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    View of the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building is a three story Art Deco style structure with decorative terra cotta tiles. A car is parked nearby.
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    Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.
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    [between 1937 and 1940?]
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  • Moffat Filter Plant
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    View through a window of equipment and scales at the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows scales, dials, and monitoring equipment in the room.
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    Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Equipment--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.;...
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    1937 July 15
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  • Presentation at Moffat Filter Plant
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    A large crowd is seated in the operating gallery of the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Mayor Benjamin Stapleton addresses the crowd using a microphone that is labeled with the letters: "K.O.A." Other dignitaries...
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    Stapleton, Benjamin Franklin, 1869-1950--Public appearances.; Denver (Colo.). Board of Water Commissioners.--1930-1940.; Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Rites & ceremonies--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
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    [1937 August 20]
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  • Moffat Filter Plant, interior
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    Interior view of the operating gallery at the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Art Deco style desks, tiles, and light fixtures line the hall.
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    Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.
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    [between 1937 and 1940?]
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  • Moffat Filter Plant, interior
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    View of the operating gallery at Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Sunlight streams in through a row of high windows. Art Deco style light fixtures hang from the ceiling.
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    Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Light fixtures--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.
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    [between 1937 and 1940?]
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  • Moffat Filter Plant
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    View of the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building is a three story Art Deco Style structure embellished with decorative terra cotta tiles. Cars are parked nearby; strato cumulus clouds span the sky.
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    Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.
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    [between 1937 and 1940?]
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  • Ceremony at Moffat Filter Plant
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    Mayor Benjamin Stapleton and Denver Water Commissioner Richard Wensley hold the switch mechanism to a sluice gate near the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Other men, photographers with cameras, and two women stand...
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    Stapleton, Benjamin Franklin, 1869-1950--Public appearances.; Denver (Colo.). Board of Water Commissioners.--1930-1940.; Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Rites & ceremonies--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
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    [1937 August 20]
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  • Moffat Filter Plant, interior
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    View of the operating gallery at the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Monitoring equipment is built into tables that line the hall. Shows Art Deco style tiles and light fixtures. A row of windows are set high on the...
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    Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.
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    [between 1937 and 1940?]
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  • Moffat Filter Plant, operating gallery
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    View of the operating gallery at Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County) Colorado. Shows Art Deco style tiles and light fixtures. Monitoring equipment is built into tables and hangs from the walls.
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    Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Equipment--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Light fixtures--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.;...
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    [between 1937 and 1940?]
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  • Filter beds at Waterton
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    View of water filtration beds near Waterton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows ice and snow in two water holding ponds separated by an earthen dike.
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    Waterton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Waterton--1920-1300.; Waterworks--Colorado--Waterton--1920-1300.
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    1929 January
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  • Conduit #16
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    Construction workers stand in a deep trench and shovel dirt over a large concrete pipe at a work site in Clear Creek valley in Jefferson County, Colorado. The pipe is forty-two inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe coated with coal tar enamel. The...
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    Excavating machinery--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...
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    1936 October 16
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  • City Park, March 1940
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    Construction workers balance a large section of concrete pipe as an excavator lifts the pipe from a truck in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The workers wear hats, overalls, and gloves. A label on the truck reads: "Gallagher," and the license plate...
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    Excavating machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
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    1940 March
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  • Laying 12 inch main at Howell Avenue
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    Workers place wooden braces against the wall of a narrow ditch possibly in Jefferson County Colorado. A mechanical ditch excavating machine operates in front of the work crew. Sections of pipe are arranged along the side of the road in the distance.
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    Trenching machinery--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Excavation--Colorado--1940-1950.; Waterworks--Colorado--1940-1950.
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    1941 February 18
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  • Laying concrete pipe
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    Construction workers guide a section of concrete pipe hoisted by a crane into a trench possibly in Jefferson County, Colorado. The pipeline is probably part of the Fraser River Diversion Project. A stadia rod for surveying leans against the side of...
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    Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--1930-1940.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--1930-1940.
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    [between 1936 and 1938?]
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  • Conduit #13
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    A construction worker monitors the excavation of a trench probably in Denver, Colorado. A trenching machine with a bucket attachment pulls out dirt from the side of the trench. Two large metal pipes lie in the bottom of the trench. Bungalow style...
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    Trenching machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
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    1942 November
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  • Wooden pipe
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    Construction workers lash together wooden planks to form a large diameter pipe probably in Denver, Colorado. The workers use metal braces to piece together the pipe in a deep trench. Planks are stacked on the side of the trench.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Lumber--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
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    [between 1880 and 1910?]
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  • Denver water pipeline
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    A man and woman walk along the top of a large pipe, part of the Denver municipal water system in Platte Canyon, Douglas County, Colorado. The pipe is supported by a wooden framework and extends into a tunnel in the side of a rock face. Shows the...
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    Douglas County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Highline Canal (Douglas County-Denver County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1920-1930.; Aqueducts--Colorado--Douglas County--1920-1930.; Irrigation...
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    [1929 January, February]
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  • Looking North at site of new hanger
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    Construction workers use a windlass to lower a section of pipe into a trench near Denver Municipal Airport (Stapleton International Airport) in Denver, Colorado. A ditch digging machine and an airport hangar are in the distance.
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    Denver Municipal Airport--1940-1950.; Trenching machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Airports--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Construction...
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    1940 November 1
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  • Marston Water Treatment Plant
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    View of the Marston Water Treatment Plant in Denver, Colorado. The building is a one-story brick institutional structure with white concrete decorative elements around tall thin windows.
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    Marston Water Treatment Plant (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
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    1968
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  • Water filtering plant
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    Interior view of a water department facility in (probably) Denver, Colorado; gauges read: "Rate of Filtration Million Gallons Per Day" and "Loss of Head Feet." Catwalks are in the background.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    1925 July 31
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  • Capitol Hill Pump Station
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    View of the Capitol Hill water distribution plant at 9th (Ninth) Avenue and Elizabeth Street in the Congress Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows the wooden roof over the reservoir, buildings with arched or round windows, smokestacks, and...
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    Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
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    [between 1930 and 1935?]
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  • Chlorinator at N.S. Marston
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    View of a municipal water chlorination system at Marston Reservoir (North Side) in the Marston Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows a glass bulb, bell jar, valves, pipes, and a reflection in a window.
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    Marston Water Treatment Plant (Denver, Colo.)--Equipment & suppies--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Marston (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
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    [between 1930 and 1935?]
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  • Water testing laboratory
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    Interior view of a municipal water analysis facility in Denver, Colorado; a man sits by chemical bottles, alembics, a mortar and pestle, scales, pipettes, and possibly a centrifuge.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Laboratories--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
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    [between 1930 and 1935?]
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  • Chlorinator
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    Interior view of a municipal water chlorination facility in Denver, Colorado; shows chlorine gas tanks, chemical bottles, glass bell jars, trap doors, valves, and a calendar.
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    Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    1925 December
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  • Taken at the head of the Greeley waterworks
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    The mayor and members of the Greeley City Council pose in front of the open doorway of a masonry building in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. Most of the men are wearing suits; one is in trousers and a long- sleeved shirt, and another is in...
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    Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Municipal officials--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
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    1908

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