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Outdoor Machinery Days
Date: July 9, 2010
Location: Western Museum of Mining and Industry
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Contact Name: Courtney Lutkus
Phone: 719-488-0880
Description: 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Hear the shrill whistle of the Western Museum of Mining & Industry's 1928 Osgood Steam Shovel. Learn how compressed air locomotives replaced the poor mule in hauling mountains of ore, and then see one rumble out of the past and down the track! Last, but not least, walk into the Museum's operating gold refinery. Listen to the stories describing the dangers of being a mill man. Understand how industrial revolution technology helped our ancestor's hew a living out of Colorado's hard rock, and then brace yourself as the kinetic energy of the 1890's refinery comes alive. FREE with paid admission.
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