2011-02-142011-02-14http://hdl.handle.net/10605/1507Undated image of bridge with refinery in left background. Sign to the right of the bridge reads "Colorado River." PBPM 79-039.033.02 Inscription (on back): First unit of Col-Tex Refinery (1925-1926) located at Colorado (later Colorado City) Mitchell County, Texas, by Anderson & Prichard of Oklahoma City. 10-31-79 Lee Jones, Jr. Enclosed note: The following crude oil refineries were established in the Permian Basin of West Texas during the middle and late 1920's: 1) Col-Tex Refining Company, Colorado (later Colorado City), Mitchell County, Texas; 2) G. L. Rowsey, et al., d.b.a. Great Western Refining Company, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas; and 3) Constantine Bros., Wickett, Ward County, Texas, each and all of which had access to oil loading racks located along the Texas & Pacific Railway Co. ROW. October 31, 1979 Lee Jones, Jr.1 print : print ; 3 x 4.5 in.en-USThe images in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. To use these digital files in any form, an attribution of "Photo courtesy of The Petroleum Museum, Lee Jones, Jr. Collection" must accompany the image.Petroleum refineries--Texas, West.Petroleum--Texas--Mitchell County.Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--History--20th century--Photograph.Colorado-Texas Petroleum Company.Image