View of oil shale processing facilities at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows storage bins, crusher house, and smokestacks.
Date
[between 1920 and 1930?]
Notes
Accession number: 91.237.310; History Colorado.; Condition: letters inked on photoprint for identification; rust spots.; Formerly F40,553.; Penciled on envelope: "C - De Beque - Industry - Oil Shale" and "Box 6 Env 253."; Title penciled on verso with: "Red Book 2133;" typed paper reads: "Mo. 2 Main portion of plant of the Index Shale Oil Co., De Beque, Colo. Showing where shale is delivered by tramway into upper storage bin, from which it passes through crusher into lower storage bin, thence into automatic feed and through retort. (A) Upper storage bin. (B) Crusher house. (C) Lower storage bin. (D) Engine room."; R7200050992
Physical Description
1 photographic print ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
