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Purifying plant C & NW Railroad, Alton, Iowa

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To the incredulity of several Altonians, the purifying plant was built in 1905 to get the alkali out of the water so it would not rust the boilers so quickly. Many of the towns near Omaha had such plants built for this purpose. Two men are standing on the top deck. 1907 postmark.
Title Purifying plant C & NW Railroad, Alton, Iowa
Alternative TitleChicago and North Western Railroad
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1907
Date Captured 3/7/06
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Real photo, divided back.
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
citation/reference The Alton Democrat, Saturday, November 12, 1904, Volume XXIII, Number 24
Date Issued 1907?
Language English
Topic Sioux County (Iowa)
Topic Alton (Iowa)
Topic Industrial facilities
Topic Chemical industry
Topic Railroads, Chicago & North Western
Cartographic 42.988360, -96.006774
Classification MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_altonb0017
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_altonb0017
Identifier (local) grinnell:13887
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13887
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