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These three panoramic photographs show the Monarch Cement Company in Humboldt, Kansas. The first image is of the west end of the plant and the quarry. Image no. 2 is the north end view of the plant. The last image is the south view of the cement storage area and the loading tracks. The plant could store 300,000 barrels of cement and it could ship 15,000 barrels a day. It was on an Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad route.
Date: Between 1916 and 1921
Item Number: 226900
Call Number: 1996-133.02
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226900
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Industry
Built Environment - Function - Industry/Processing/Extraction
Business and Industry - Construction - Building materials - Cement
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Panorama
Places - Cities and towns - Humboldt
Places - Counties - Allen
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs - Views - Panorama
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