TITLE Shaleton Shale Quarry (Panel 2)
DATE OF ORIGINAL 1906-12-15
DATE OF DIGITAL 2006-2
DESCRIPTION THE PLANT - This is 1/4 of a picture of one of the shale quarries of the Atlas Portland Cement Plant Company in its early years.  This picture shows a platform used to bring the horse drawn wagons to the railcars for the purpose of dumping the shale into the cars.
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 Shale quarries and quarrying -- Missouri -- Ilasco.
ORIGINAL FORMAT Black and white photograph, 9 1/2" by 7 1/2", 1/4 of a larger picture, approximately 38" by 7 1/2" ; some yellowing, a crack extends from top to bottom, one inch from the right border ; a slight blur appears in the middle right ; the number "1247" is written in the upper left corner.  The picture is glued to a woven material background.  (1247)
DIGITAL FORMAT jpg
PANORAMA VIEW  
IDENTIFIER C10096