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Collection  M 194:
Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado collection:
Series 1: the printed materials
American Smelting and Refining Co.:
map of smelter, railroad terminus and nearby features in Durango, Colorado, circa 1942/1952

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American Smelting and Refining Co. smelter map, showing adjacent areas in the city of Durango, including barns, warehouses, sheds, a slaughter house, a rendering house, mills, stock yards, the railroad yards, and a pump house, etc., east/across the Animas River from the smelter and other structures including coke ovens, a dwelling, a barn, scales, and a power house on the same side of the river as the smelter. Denver and Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) tracks are shown in red; Rio Grande Southern (RGS) tracks to Ridgway are shown in green on the original. Undated. Includes a mention of "AFE 2898 - 1952 Retire Tracks." Scale: 1" = 100'.