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| View Original: | Crystal Mill, an 1892 wooden powerhouse located on an outcrop above the Crystal River in what remains of an old mining town, Crystal, high in the Rocky Mountains in Gunnison County, Colorado LCCN2015633762.tif.tiff (5792x8688) | |||
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| Keywords: Crystal Mill, an 1892 wooden powerhouse located on an outcrop above the Crystal River in what remains of an old mining town, Crystal, high in the Rocky Mountains in Gunnison County, Colorado LCCN2015633762.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Although called a mill it is more correctly a compressor station which used a water turbine to drive an air compressor to run power machinery at nearby silver mines While the Crystal Mill is often reputed to be the most photographed site in the state this is logistically impossible as it is reached by only two precarious high-mountain dirt roads including one from the town of Marble that is pocked with ruts and large stones and advisable for four-wheel-drive travel only Wheras more than 400 people once lived in Crystal during its heyday in the early 20th Century when the town even had two flourishing newspapers fewer than 10 people including the town mayor live there today 2015 and then only in the summertime when Crystal is not snowbound 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015633762 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/33700/33746a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 33746 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 33746 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Crystal River Colorado Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith Crystal Mill | ||||