Nitrate vats
- Title
- Nitrate vats
- LC Subject
- Vats Nitrates
- Description
- The alkaline waters of the Eastern Oregon lakes are places in these vats and allowed to evaporate in the sun. The residue then is collected and the nitrate is extracted. This picture was taken on Sucker Creek in Malheur County. The American Nitrate Company is building up an important industry here.
- Work Type
- lantern slides
- Location
- Malheur County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1905/1910
- Identifier
- P217:04:54
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Local Collection Name
- Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Is Part Of
- Set 7 - Oregon Industries
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Modified
- 2015-02-24
- Submission Date
- 2009-07-14
- Note
- Hand-tinted
