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Denver Post photo showing silo door closure at silo#2, Lowry 725-B. A crane was used to pull the doors closed to address safety concerns over the open silos. Photo captions reads: "Dirt and concrete dust fly as second door at one of silos slams shut. Rolling prairie in area shuddered with slam."
Taken: November 22, 1968 Source: Denver Post (liquidated archives), photo by Bill Johnson, staff photographer.