TITLE	Shaleton Shale Quarry (Panel 1)
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 Company in its early years.  This picture gives an excellent prospective as to the size of the railcars used to transport the shale.  On the platform in the center are several horse drawn wagons.  The horses would be unhitched, and the wagons upended by the laborers (several pictured, but none identified) to dump the shale into the railcars for transport.  The destination of the shale was the plant and once processed into cement, the finished product would be placed in cars and transported by the CB&Q Railroad (notice the name on the car at bottom right)  to widespread customers.  Eventually cement from this plant would be used to construct the Panama Canal and the Empire State Building.
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	Atlas Portland Cement Company (Ilasco, Mo.) -- Immigrant laborers.
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 and spotting ; the number "1248" is written in the upper right corner.  The pictured is glued to a woven material background that extends beyond the left side.  The material contains several puncture holes (for insertion into a binder).  (1248)
DIGITAL FORMAT	jpg
PANORAMA VIEW
IDENTIFIER	C10097