TITLE	Limestone Quarry No. 5 (Right Side)
DATE OF ORIGINAL	1906-12-10
DATE OF DIGITAL	2006-2
DESCRIPTION	THE PLANT - This is half of a picture of one of the limestone quarries of the Atlas Portland Cement Plant in its early years.  Removing this limestone required not only sledgehammers, pickaxes, etc. but it often took place at heights.  Most of this labor was performed by the immigrant laborers from Central and Southern Europe residing in the company town of Ilasco.  At the base of the quarry can be seen one of the horse drawn carts used to transport the limestone to the kiln and/or rail line.
CREATOR	Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo.)
CONTRIBUTOR	Continental Cement Company (Frank Salter)
PUBLISHER	Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, Mo.)
SUBJECT	Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo.) -- Quarries.
SUBJECT	Limestone quarries and quarrying -- Missouri -- Ilasco.
SUBJECT	Immigrant laborers -- Missouri -- Ilasco -- Quarries.
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Black and white photograph, 7 1/2" by 9 1/2" of folded bigger picture, 14 3/4" by 9 1/2" ; the number "1234" is written in upper left corner, lower edge has missing segments and cracking.  The picture is glued to a woven material background.  (1234)
DIGITAL FORMAT	jpg
IDENTIFIER	C10074