Oral History Interview with Harold A. Christie and William Brill, 1982 June 9, 2006
Dates
- 1982 June 9
- Digitization: 2006
Digital Repository
Oral History Interview with Harold A. Christie and William Brill
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Biographical / Historical
Harold A. Christie was the Vice President of CF&I Steel Corporation. William Brill was a mine engineer for CF&I Steel Corporation. Harold was born in old Colorado City, attended Missouri School of Mines and involved in WWI, but did not go overseas. Attended Colorado School of Mines in Golden and graduated in 1922. Recommended him as (?) Vice President of Operations of CF &I. Began work Sept. 1, 1929. Set-up new department that had old Arkansas Valley conduit 1907. Worked directly for Maxwell. Worked on water rights, Maxwell Grant, Arkansas River, Saint Charles River. Retired in 1964. Spent time in Washington to move frying pan conduit. William (Wilhelm)Brill came to CF&I in 1926 and became Chief Engineeer for Corp. Born in 1899 in Baltimore, Maryland, he came to Pueblo in April of 1926 and retired in 1965. Vice President of Engineering and worked in the water department.
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1 Items
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Cassette Tapes: Nakamichi Dragon, Nakamichi cassette Deck 1 Reel-to Reel Tapes: Studer A80, Studer B67, Otari MX-55, Revox A700 DVD: Pioneer DV-434. Analog/Digital converter: Prism Sound Dream ADA-8XR; Prism Sound Dream AD-2; Computer Hardware: 3 (total) Intel Celeron 1.8GHz/224 MB RAM PC's (made by PowerSpec), each with a Firewire hard drive (2 made by MicroNet, 1 made by LaCie) and M-Audio Delta Audiophile (internal sound card). External Firewire Hard Drive; Computer Software: Windows XP; Steinberg Wavelength 4.0; Sony Soundforge; Other devices: Switcher to allow monitoring of multiple transfers; Basic Map: Playback machine->Analog RCA or XLR->AD converter->AES (XLR)->M-Audio Card->Software->External Firewire Drive
- Brill, William (Interviewee)
- CF & I Steel Corporation
- Central Colorado Improvement Company
- Christie, Harold A. (Interviewee)
- Colorado Coal and Iron Company
- Colorado Coal and Steel Works Company
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
- Mines and mineral resources
- Mining engineering
- Oral histories
- Scamehorn, H. Lee (Interviewer)
- Southern Colorado Coal and Town Company
- Steel industry and trade -- United States -- History
Source
- Bessemer Historical Society (Organization)
Repository Details
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