TITLE	Shale Mine No. 1 Pump House (Left portion)
DATE OF ORIGINAL	1906-12-19
DATE OF DIGITAL	2006-2
DESCRIPTION	THE PLANT - This is the pump house for the shale mine.  The cars full of shale are brought up the ramp to the enclosure on the top, underneath which is a chute for dumping the shale into the rail cars.  There are several employees pictured, none of whom are identified.
CREATOR	Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo.)
CONTRIBUTOR	Continental Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo.)
PUBLISHER	Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, Mo.)
SUBJECT	Atlas Portland Cement Plant (Ilasco, Mo.) -- Quarries.
SUBJECT	Atlas Portland Cement Plant (Ilasco, Mo.) -- Immigrant laborers.
SUBJECT	Shale quarries and quarrying -- Missouri -- Ilasco.
ORIGINAL FORMAT	Black and white photograph, 9 1/2" by 7 1/2", left portion of a double picture, approximately 19" by 7 1/2"; the number "1251" is written in the upper right corner ; three spots of blue ink are located in upper left quadrant.  The picture is glued to a woven material background that extends beyond the left side.  The material contains several puncture holes (for insertion into a binder).  (1251)
DIGITAL FORMAT	jpg
IDENTIFIER	C10078