Call NumberX-29737CreatorRocky Mountain Photo CompanyDate1929 September 26SummaryView of an electric generating plant located near 5th (Fifth) Street and Lawrence Street in the Auraria Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The plant is identified as the George Gibson Company west side station. A prominent smoke stack expels dark smoke. A bank of electrical wires and insulators are arranged on poles next to the two story brick industrial building. Arched windows and doors run along the bottom floor. A set of railroad tracks are nearby.Physical Description1 negative : nitrate ; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.).Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectAuraria (Denver, Colo.)Power plants--Colorado--DenverGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710029737Type of MaterialNitrate negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesCondition: scratched. Formerly F9856; Formerly RMP644; Number inked on negative and reproduced in print: "4401."; Penciled on negative envelope: "Geo. Gibson Co. West Side Sta. of Public Service, 5th and Lawrence, old 4401. Title penciled on back of print. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 photographic print ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.). R7100297373
Rocky Mountain Photo Company, Geo. Gibson Co., west side sta. (1929 September 26). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 18/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1101961
