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The bike and pedestrian path on the south side of Clear Creek.  The Clear Creek History Park is covered in snow and Castle Rock appears in the background.
Golden Eye Candy – Richard Luckin – Spring Snow on the History Park – enlarge

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?


9-10AM Rescue Puppy Yoga @ The Golden Mill
10AM-noon Breakfast Burritos @ The Golden Mill


10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
2PM I Hate Hamlet @ Miners Alley Playhouse – FINAL PERFORMANCE!
10AM-5PM Spring Gear Sale and Swap @ Golden River Sports
10AM-3PM Earth Day Clean Up @ Barrels and Bottles – Camp George West


11AM and 1PM Jazz and Murder @ Buffalo Rose
12-2PM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
2-3:30PM Make Something: Tea Tasting @ Golden Library

See the complete calendar of events.

LIVE MUSIC


11AM-2PM Merkin & Weenus @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
3PM René Moffatt @ Over Yonder
3-7PM Midnight Vinyl @ Wrigley’s


4-7PM Jonny Sterling @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern

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GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

Nine postcard images of Coors Brewery between 1925 and 19707
Several postcards of Coors, all with smokestacks (and therefore all photos taken between 1925 and 1970) – enlarge

53 Years Ago
The July 13, 1970 Golden Transcript reported that the Coors smokestack was being demolished. The 180 foot tall smokestack was built in 1925. The article explains that the stack had been used with a coal boiler. The Clean Air Act became law in 1967, and Coors had switched to gas and oil boilers, to clean up their emissions.

The Coors plant shown in early 1965, Mt. Zion in the background - photo by Bill Robie
Coors in early 1965, smokestack intact – photo by Bill Robie – enlarge

From the article:
All of this is part of Coors recognition for the need to control air pollution. Remember how the black smoke used to waft over the Table Mountains, down the valley towards Wheat Ridge or up the valley over Golden?

Coors brewery, while it was producing malted milk - tall smokestack producing black smoke
Coors, with its tall smokestack emitting thick black smoke – Denver Public Library Western History Collection – enlarge


The presence (or absence) of the smokestack is one item that I use to help establish dates for pictures of Coors.

Post Script – Eight years after the article that described Coors’ conversion from coal to gas, a related article appeared in the Transcript.

Coors brewery in 1978, from a Golden Transcript article describing the plant's conversion from natural gas back to coal
Coors buildings shown in the September 6, 1978 Golden Transcript – enlarge

The September 6, 1978 Golden Transcript featured a photo of Coors buildings in the Clear Creek valley. The paper stated that “The major construction effort at present involves conversion of the brewery’s energy demand to a power plant that utilizes coal.”

The article explained that the new coal plant used cleaner “coal gasification” technology.

According to this article, Coors has since outsourced energy production and reverted to using gas.

Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!

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