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| Title | Lake Storey spillway construction |
| Date Original | 1929 |
| Description | Photograph shows construction of the Lake Storey spillway just north of Galesburg, Ill. Concrete has been set and there are several men, four horses and two wagons in the background. |
| Location Depicted | Lake Storey, north of Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Lake Storey (Galesburg, Ill.)
Spillways
Construction
Construction workers
Concrete
Progress photographs
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Date of construction and other information was verified in a History of Lake Storey by Roger D. Nelson. The lake was built to supply water to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yards to the west of Galesburg, Ill. by use of a pump and pipeline. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at 309-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0383c |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 2 x 4 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 scanner with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a print photograph scanned at 8-bit gray 600ppi. The master scan is untouched. but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the shadows from 1 to 5, the midtones from 1.00 to.96 and the highlights from 255 to 236 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2009-01-08 |
| File Name | gplp0383c |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Image Archives. http://umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi region. |
