Around-the-clock work is going on at the Pueblo Plant of C. F. & I. Steel
Summary
Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; four male employees repair Basic Oxygen Precipitator, moving a plate into place by ropes; all men wear hardhats.
Date
1966
Notes
Date penciled on back of photoprint.; Title from typed label on back of photoprint with additional typed information: "(Photo exclusively selected for the Rocky Mountain News)... to correct the condition of smoke and dust caused by a partial breakdown of the Basic Oxygen precipitator contains 1,524 such plates, each 16 inches wide and 22 feet long, and 6,062 emitter wires. Installation of the plates and wires is a slow process, since all materials have to brought in through small openings and the maintenance crews are restricted to a few men because of cramped quarters. The current repair job will cost $175,000."; Typed label with preprinted logo: C.F. & I. Steel, Publicity Department, The Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation, P. O. Box 316, Pueblo, Colorado.; R7100106386
Description
1 photoprint ; 24 x 19 cm. (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Subject
Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
