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

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  • An Avatar Too Far said:
    Repeat
  • David said:
    Not a repeat! Same location, perhaps a different aperture? Anyhow the clouds have moved from the previous shot. 4+ years later, I respond! lolz!
  • An Avatar Too Far said:
    You got me, and my inattentive eye.

Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill], Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land (LOC)

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  • ADrawingADay said:
    How awful.
  • judyinktown said:
    Is there a picture of Ducktown today? The last time we rode through that area it seemed that most of that land had been reclaimed, and looked nothing like this picture.
  • 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. Reclamation in the Basin began in the 1930's with varying degrees of success initially. By the 1970's new techniques were developed and today most of the Basin has been revegetated.
  • Pat Henson said:
    Not really. The Basin remained denuded until the acid plant and mining operation went out of business in the late '80's. I grew up there, and it looked just like this till I was out of college in the '80's.
  • David Voorhies said:
    I rode thru there yesterday, 10/13/2013. The Copper Basin is now very green, and the forest is coming back. It's going to take generations for the trees to mature, however. Just don't drink the water.

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

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  • 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)