wasteland

Wherever they're walking, its pretty far away. And very post-apocalypticy.

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.

Repeat

Not a repeat! Same location, perhaps a different aperture? Anyhow the clouds have moved from the previous shot. 4+ years later, I respond! lolz!

You got me, and my inattentive eye.

I wonder what this looks like now. I live in Tennessee and would like to see what this area is like present day.

It's pretty much restored. I grew up here, and when the plant closed down in the late '80's, the earth reapired itself pretty quickly.

Doesn't look all that much restored from this image: www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=ducktown,+tn&mkt=en-...

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.