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Call Number	CHS.X5250
Title	Oil shale plant beside Colorado River
Creator(s)	Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
Summary	View of the oil shale demonstration plant beside the Colorado River near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks of the multi-story building, probably an oil shale retort. Denver and Rio Grande tracks are beside the river, and Roan Cliffs and mesas are in the distance.
Date	[between 1915 and 1930?]
Notes	Accession number: 91.237.331; Attributed to George L. Beam.; History Colorado.; Handwritten on envelope: "Industry-Oil Shale."; Title supplied.; R7200052504
Physical Description	1 photographic print ; 18 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of	History Colorado, Denver and Rio Grande collection
Subject	Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1910-1930. Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1930. Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1910-1930. Cliffs--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930. Refineries--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930.
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	91.237.331
Filename	20005250.TIF
CONTENTdm number	10607

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