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Outside Machinery Days

Presented by Western Museum of Mining & Industry at Western Museum of Mining and Industry

August 27, 2008

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Hear the shrill whistle of the Western Museum of Mining & Industry's 1928 Osgood Steam Shovel. When it is operating, it never fails to attract our youngest visitors, many of them relating it to the historic and artful children's story, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton. Learn how compressed air locomotives replaced the poor mule in hauling mountains of ore, and then see one rumble out of the past and down the track! Last, but not least, walk into the museum's operating gold refinery. Listen to the stories describing the dangers of being a mill man. Understand how industrial revolution technology helped our ancestor's hew a living out of Colorado's hard rock.

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    Western Museum of Mining and Industry

    225 North Gate Blvd.
    Colorado Springs, CO 80921

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    Tickets: $8 Adults, $7 AAA/Military, $6 Seniors/Students, $4 Children 3-12, Under 3 and Museum Members are free.

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    Dates:
    August 27, 2008

    Times:
    10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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    • Coffee and Tea Zone - 12225 Voyager Parkway #3, Colorado Springs, CO 80921
      Phone: 719.488.8893