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Outlet of the North Denver storm sewer

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Call NumberX-29449CreatorFord Optical CompanyDate1910-1920SummaryView of flood control construction in Denver, Colorado; men pose by concrete forms and storm drain walls.Physical Description1 photographic print : black and white ; 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectStorm sewers--Colorado--DenverDenver (Colo.)Construction--Colorado--DenverFlood control--Colorado--DenverMen--Colorado--DenverSewers--Colorado--DenverGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710029449Type of MaterialGroup portraitsPhotographic printsNotesTitle penciled on back of photoprint with: "into the Platte River during construction, showing the flood waters backed up into the trench. The trench at this point is fourteen feet deep" and "cut June-July 1921."; R7100294498DonorCity and County of Denver

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