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VIEW SHOWING EAST FRONT AND NORTH SIDE OF BUTLER STORAGE BUILDING - Clay Spur Bentonite Plant and Camp, Butler Storage, Clay Spur Siding on Burlington Northern Railroad, Osage, Weston County, WY
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VIEW SHOWING EAST FRONT AND NORTH SIDE OF BUTLER STORAGE BUILDING - Clay Spur Bentonite Plant and Camp, Butler Storage, Clay Spur Siding on Burlington Northern Railroad, Osage, Weston County, WY
Depicted place Wyoming; Weston County; Osage
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER WYO,23-OSAG.V,1-H-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Clay Spur Bentonite Plant and Camp is associated with the early 20th century bentonite mining industry in Wyoming and the United States. The Clay Spur Bentonite District was the center of the pioneer Wyoming bentonite industry and remained the premier Wyoming producing district until reserves began to dwindle in the 1950s. The plant embodies the distinctive engineering technology of the bentonite industry. The camp also reflects early twentieth century company town architecture with simple buildings and floor plans that could be quickly and cheaply constructed and adapted to many different uses. Behind the garage is a one-story metal Butler storage building, 18 feet east-west by 12 feet north-south, with a gable roof. The roof and walls are constructed with ribbed steel sheeting. The building rests on wooden timbers. It has a metal door with four lights and a four-light hinged window with metal frames in the north and south elevations. A round metal ventilator protrudes from the roof. It appears that the building was used for record storage, and it still contains numerous claim maps, plant records, and building plans and blueprints. It was added to the complex sometime between 1940 and 1957.
  • Survey number: HAER WY-23-H
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wy0209.photos.174664p
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