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Call Number	CHS.X5223
Title	American Shale Refining Co.
Summary	View of the American Shale Refining Company plant site near De Beque on Conn Creek in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows one-story houses with gabled roofs and tar paper siding. Identical buildings, possibly boarding houses or dormitories, an outhouse, and probably a cellar are in the valley. A road grade is on a layered rock mesa in the Roan Cliffs.
Date	[1920 August]
Notes	Accession number: 91.237.322; History Colorado.; Formerly F33408.; Handwritten on envelope: "C-DeBeque-Industry-Oil Shale."; Penciled on verso: "Plant site of the American Shale Refining Co., on Conn Creek, near De Beque, Colo." and "Pub. in R.R. Redbook Sept. 1920, p. 830."; Title supplied.; R7200052237
Physical Description	1 photographic print ; 20 x 24 cm. (8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of	History Colorado, Denver and Rio Grande collection
Subject	American Shale Refining Company--1920-1930. Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930. Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930. Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1920-1930. Refineries--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
Rights	Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact History Colorado: http://www.historycolorado.org/researchers/reproduction-commercial-use-fees
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes
Type of Material	Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	91.237.322; F33408
Filename	20005223.TIF

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