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National Radium Institute, 500 South Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Denver County, CO



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Item Title
National Radium Institute, 500 South Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Denver County, CO

Location
500 South Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.

Notes
Survey number HAER CO-42
Significance: It was incorporated in September 1913 to extract radium from domestic ores for use in career treatment and other technical studies, and in the process, to develop cost-effective methods of radium extraction. The National Radium Institute signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Mines in October 1913 under which the Bureau provided technical expertise and the Institute provided funding to purchase ores and to construct and operate a radium processing plant in Denver. The Denver plant was closed in 1917 after producing 8.5 grams of radium.

Subjects
Medical Education
Office Buildings
Industrial Facilities


Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW OF NORTH FRONT AND PARTIAL WEST SIDE OF 'OFFICE' BUILDING
2. VIEW OF WEST SIDE OF 'OFFICE' BUILDING
3. VIEW OF EAST SIDE AND NORTH FRONT OF 'OFFICE' BUILDING
4. VIEW OF SOUTH REAR OF 'OFFICE' BUILDING
5. VIEW OF NORTH FRONT AND EAST SIDE OF SULPHATE OR 'LAB' BUILDING
6. VIEW OF NORTH FRONT AND WEST SIDE OF SULPHATE OR 'LAB' BUILDING
7. VIEW OF EAST SIDE AND SOUTH REAR OF SULPHATE OR 'LAB' BUILDING
8. VIEW OF WEST SIDE AND SOUTH REAR OF SULPHATE OR 'LAB' BUILDING


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