Call NumberX-10638Date1966SummaryInterior 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.Physical Description1 photoprint ; 24 x 19 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectPueblo (Colo.)InteriorsSteel industry--Colorado--PuebloColorado Fuel and Iron Company.Geographic AreaPueblo (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710010638Type of MaterialPhotographic printsNotesDate 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
Around-the-clock work is going on at the Pueblo Plant of C. F. & I. Steel (1966). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 07/12/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1027869
