Stone and concrete buildings at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, have hipped gable roofs, vent stacks, factory windows, roll up sectional garage doors, rain gutters and downspouts. A pediment tops the entry; letters on it read "CSP Shop." Dump trucks (men work under one), a road grader, and a compact crane are in the lot, and a wooden picnic table is by the wall.
Date
1950
Notes
Title from typed label on back of photoprint; also typed: " Old boiler house. This wing (block building on right) was the food preparation area. It was wholly inadequate. A new kitchen has been in use since March 15, 1962. Old boiler house abandoned 1962."; R7100078541
Description
1 photoprint ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
Source
Source: W. K. Patterson Mss. Coll.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
