Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Conduit #13
- A construction worker monitors the excavation of a trench probably in Denver, Colorado. A trenching machine with a bucket attachment pulls out dirt from the side of the trench. Two large metal pipes lie in the bottom of the trench. Bungalow style...
- Trenching machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1942 November
- Golconda placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine near Summitville in Rio Grand County, Colorado. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men work near the trench. Mount Hesperus (Hesperus Mountain) is in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hesperus Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.;...
- 1893
- Camp Hale, construction
- A man is in a trench beside a metal pipe at a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The man wears a badge and a holster that holds bullets and a handgun. Rocks and debris are piled on the sides of the trench.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Guards--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Heavy snow on Boreas Pass
- A snow tunnel at the top of Boreas Pass (Summit County), Colorado opens into a snowbank near a deep trench with a shovel standing by it. A "Post Office" sign is above the tunnel opening. Above the trench, a man leans on the top of a power pole that...
- Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Boreas Pass--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Boreas Pass--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of Captain Smith's Veteran Company and members of the Insley Guards led by Major H. E. Insley, part of the opposition to the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors near a trench at Camp Boynton, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado....
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Insley, H....
- 1894
- Conduit #16
- Construction workers stand in a deep trench and shovel dirt over a large concrete pipe at a work site in Clear Creek valley in Jefferson County, Colorado. The pipe is forty-two inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe coated with coal tar enamel. The...
- Excavating machinery--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...
- 1936 October 16
- Laying concrete pipe
- Construction workers guide a section of concrete pipe hoisted by a crane into a trench possibly in Jefferson County, Colorado. The pipeline is probably part of the Fraser River Diversion Project. A stadia rod for surveying leans against the side of...
- Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--1930-1940.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1936 and 1938?]
- Wooden pipe
- Construction workers lash together wooden planks to form a large diameter pipe probably in Denver, Colorado. The workers use metal braces to piece together the pipe in a deep trench. Planks are stacked on the side of the trench.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Lumber--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Outlet of the North Denver storm sewer
- View of flood control construction in Denver, Colorado; men pose by concrete forms and storm drain walls.
- Storm sewers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Flood control--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sewers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- New river channel
- Construction workers stand in a trench or beside construction equipment near Pando in Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. An excavator, in the re-routed Eagle River bed, reads "CA Switzer 3." Men wear overalls and hats. Shows Denver and Rio Grande...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Channels--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction...
- [1942 between April and November]
- Fort Collins street oiling
- A yardstick is placed in the ground and measures a trench during the oiling of a residential street in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. A board is placed across the trench.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Road construction--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945]
- Soldier in a snow trench with sleeping bag
- View of a sunburned Tenth Mountain Division soldier posing for a photograph in a snow trench with his sleeping bag in front of him. It is placed on top of pine boughs. Taken near Camp Hale, Colorado.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Trench in which women staid [sic] in Bears' Paw Battlefield
- View of the trench where Native American Nez Perce women sought protection during the Battle of the Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, October 1877. Chief Joseph the Younger led his people from Idaho, with the U.S. Army in pursuit, before he was forced...
- Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Nez Percé Indians--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Bear Paw Mountains (Mont.)--1930-1940.; Battlefields--Montana--1930-1940.
- August 1936
- Trench digging machine
- View of a trench digging machine in Denver, Colorado; men work by the water supply or sewer ditch.
- Trenching machinery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction equipment--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Tremont House, bottom of trench
- Tremont House, bottom of trench
- Tremont House, bottom of trench
- Tremont House, view of trench
- Tremont House, view of bottom of excavation trench
- Tremont House, bottom of exposed trench
- Tremont House, open trench
- Tremont House, unidentified individual excavating a test trench
- Tremont House, view of trench in various stages of excavation
- Tremont House, view of bottom of small excavation trench
- Tremont House, view of trench
- Tremont House, view of small trench with structures
- Tremont House, bottom of trench with debris
- Tremont House, view of trench with occupational layers
- Tremont House, unidentified individual standing in open trench
- Four Mile House Trench
- Photograph of a test trench during an archealogical excavation at the Four Mile House in Denver, Colorado. With a portion dating from 1859, Four Mile House is Denver's earliest surviving structure. The location served as the last stage stop,...
- Four Mile Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1997 January
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 3, 1921 March
- Ramey Mine
- Workmen pose at the base of a hill where they are building an incline track at Ramey mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shaped logs lay perpendicular to a low even trench. A few iron rails lay across the logs.
- Ramey (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ramey--1890-1910.; Inclined railroads--Colorado--Ramey--1890-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Ramey--1890-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Ramey--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Golconda extension placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine in Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado. Shows wood plank building, log cabin, and tent. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men are in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Sluices--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Virginia Ave. west from Main St.
- View of commercial businesses on Virginia Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Horses are in front of a frame blacksmith shop. Signs on false front or gable roof buildings read: "Swan Bros. Photographic," "The Free Press," "Tailoring"...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1881 Fall]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, TNT storage house
- Construction workers excavate a trench near a dynamite house at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men wear work clothes and hard hats. The bunker is a...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, chem. storage & mix bldgs
- Construction workers excavate a trench near brick mix buildings at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A man in uniform walks between the buildings and the...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Construction scene laying pipe preparing a vehicle causeway bed
- Workmen use horse-drawn graders to level the ground in a large trench probably in Denver, Colorado. A bridge over the canal is in the distance.
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Construction scene laying pipe
- Men pose on a pipe in a trench in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909?]
- Construction laying pipe
- Workmen pose in a trench near a wooden pipe form in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909?]
- Construction laying pipe
- Workmen pose in a near a trench and wooden pipe form probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Pipeline construction
- Workmen pose in and near a trench for a pipeline probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Construction scene laying pipe
- Workmen use a hand-powered pulley hoist to lower a section of pipe into a trench near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. A frame house is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Cullen-Thompson Motor Company
- Men wear hats and trench coats and stand outside the Cullen-Thompson Motor Company building at 1000 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The gothic building has crockets, quatrefoils and arched, stained glass windows. Signs painted in windows read:...
- Cullen-Thompson Motors (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- A construction crane is beside a trench at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The crane has a scoop attached to a cable. Men pose beside the crane and piles of rocks.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Construction scene
- Workmen use a chain and pulley supported by wooden beams to lower a section of pipe into a trench possibly near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Group of men working with shovels and pails
- A group of workmen pose outdoors with shovels in a large trench probably in Denver, Colorado. They wear wide-brimmed hats and overalls.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Construction laying pipe
- Workmen dig a trench for pipe at a construction site near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. They work near a mobile hoist that is braced against the opposite side of the ditch.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction pipe laying scene in excavation laying brick pipe
- Workmen and masons sit in a trench dug to lay brick pipe at a construction site near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. They pose near wooden supports and piles of bricks.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Car repair a Colo. Midland RR at Colo. City
- A railroad crew from the Colorado Midland Railway Company work to repair the wheels on a railroad car in Colorado City, Colorado. The railroad car is parked over a work area, similar to a trench. The workers stand next to a set of railroad car...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Colorado City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colo. Midland RR car repair B at Colo. City
- A railroad crew from the Colorado Midland Railway Company work to repair the wheels on a railroad car in Colorado City. The railroad car is parked over a work area, similar to a trench. One worker uses a jack or other hydraulic tool to raise a set...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Colorado City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]