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Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tenn. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • ranaldo20 said:
    I grew up along the GA - TN line, so this is amazing.
  • Ed Pischedda said:
    "... these dark Satanic Mills". - William Blake, c.1808.
  • grandkidsfirst said:
    My dad lenard wise worked there for years.I enjoyed seeing this!
  • David said:
    This picture is amazing! Such balance! About 6 picutes along is the same shot perhaps a minute later, but it's not as good. (2178264447)

Men fishing from a houseboat near Cypress Gardens

from Florida Memory

  • cowgirlupCath said:
    Oh yeah those little houseboats were a lot of fun! Great image!
  • Paola Lisa said:
    Magnifica ciao

A train bringing copper ore out of the mine, Ducktown, Tenn. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Red Necks know stuff said:
    This is the caption that Marion Post Walcott included with her photo from 1939 but the actual damage to the vegetation occurred in the late 1800's. The smelting technology of that time did not allow the sulfur dioxide generated by the heating of the ore to be captured. By 1909 the mining companies developed new practices which let them recover the sulfur dioxide and use it in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
  • gkiltz said:
    What does it look like TODAY? Nature is nothing if not resilient!
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