Image Number103-304Dateca. 1906DescriptionFour women sit in large metal bucket suspended above the ground being pulled up a cable at the Philadelphia Reduction Mill in Colorado City with foothills in the background. This gold ore processing plant for the Cripple Creek mines closed in 1904, prior to this tramway ride by the women who are identified on back as Abby Kernochan, Miriam Gile Harwell, Anne Fox and Marguerite Boas.PhotographerunknownLocationColorado Springs (Colo.)SubjectPhiladelphia Reduction Mill (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Aerial tramwaysWomenNotes Thanks to J Richards of Colorado Springs for background research on this image.CollectionAbby Kernochan Photograph CollectionPublisherPikes Peak Library DistrictOriginal FormatPhotographsRightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/. You may use items from PPLD’s digital collections freely for private study, research and educational purposes. Any other use, including reproduction, publication or exhibition, should be requested through Regional History & Genealogy at PPLD. Proper credit and citation should accompany any use of these materials.
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