Re: Another "Where Is This" Picture

Posted by Chris Walker on
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Chris Walker wrote

I have a nagging feeling from all this that the Alpine/Bertha/Smith may just well be a different beast altogether, nothing correlates the other.

More digging supports that "nagging feeling" the Humphrey was a predecessor, note three Cottages (circled) that are present in the second picture and survive still by the time of the third picture,  Chamberlain in circle on right.  The Humphrey Mill should not be confused with the Big5 Tunnel started in 1900 (or 1906 depending on the source),  the Big5 powerhouse later appears in the general area as the Humphreys appears to be in the first picture of the preceeding post.  The Sanborn Map lists the Humphrey as 1 mile West of PO, which at that time was in the 3rd building short of the Brunswick Flats which still stands today.  Googlemaps puts the 1 mile mark at the I-70 underpass by the Big5 tunnel portal.

NOTE: I base this on Sanborn maps 5 year intervals as archived in the http://libcudl.colorado.edu:8180/luna/servlet/UCBOULDERCB1~21~21 whether maps were produced every year I don't know, I doubt the growth was there to support a lesser period than 5 years.

Before Bertha/Alpine built. Post Humphrey. Elements in this picture date around 1890-95.  

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll21/id/11921/rv/singleitem


http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/67645/rv/singleitem/rec/24

After the Alpine/Bertha burned.

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/p15330coll22/id/1428/rv/singleitem/rec/24

An aside to this, the Silver Tank at the Oil Siding shows up clearly.