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Sugar Making Begun at Rocky Ford Beet Sugar Plant
The Rocky Ford beet sugar factory begins operations with a vast complex of buildings and equipment. The plant features a 300 foot main structure rising five stories, a beet damp, diffusion batteries, saturation vats, and a granulation line. A boiler house with 24 furnaces powers Corliss engines, dynamos, and pumps, while coal and materials move by rail and wagon to and from the central production area.
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