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Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tenn. Marion Post Wolcott. September 1939. Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. Marion Post Wolcott. September 1939. ... Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. Marion Post Wolcott. September 1939.

Copper mine and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, 1939 Geography [ edit ] Copperhill is located at 34°59′32″N 84°22′27″W / °N °W / ; (, ), [9] situated in extreme southeast Tennessee, bordering North Georgia

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Title: Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. Creator(s): Wolcott, Marion Post,, photographer Date Created/Published: 1939 Sept. Medium: 1 slide : color. Reproduction Number: LCDIGfsac1a34320 (digital file from original slide) LCUSF351102 (color film copy slide)

Title Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. Contributor Names Wolcott, Marion Post,, photographer

A sulfuric acid plant was constructed in Copperhill in 1942, and by 1949 liquid sulfuric acid was being produced. Faced with decreasing demand and increasing foreign competition, however, the mining industry began to decline in the Copper Basin in the 1950s. [48]

: 1939 Photo Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. Location: Copperhill, Tennessee: Photographs

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Aug 08, 2017· Original caption reads: Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill, Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land. That same year, TCC erected smoke stacks 150 feet tall to solve the acid rain problem, and in 1905 erected a 325 foot stack.

Wolcott, Marion Post,,,, photographer. Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. 1939 Sept. 1 slide : color. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from Office of War Information, 1944. Subjects: Sulphuric acid industry Copper mining United StatesTennesseeCopperhill Format: Slidlor Rights Info: No known restrictions on ...

Wolcott, Marion Post,,,, photographer. Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill], Tenn. 1939 Sept. 1 slide : color. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from Office of War Information, 1944. Subjects: Sulphuric acid industry Copper mining Roads United StatesTennesseeCopperhill Format: Slidlor Rights Info: No known restrictions ...

Wolcott, Marion Post,,,, photographer. Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tenn. 1939 Sept. 1 slide : color. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from Office of War Information, 1944. Subjects: Sulphuric acid industry Copper mining United StatesTennesseeCopperhill Format: Slidlor Rights Info: No known restrictions on ...

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It was condensed to produce sulfuric acid. Copperhill (population 600) was born when the name of the Post Office at McCays was changed in 1908. Copperhill was burned nearly to the ground on two nights in December of 1910. By 1936, the Tennessee Copper Company was the only company operating in the Basin. The company provided housing for the miners.

Copper mine and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, 1939 Geography [ edit ] Copperhill is located at 34°59′32″N 84°22′27″W / °N °W / ; (, ), [9] situated in extreme southeast Tennessee, bordering North Ge

Description of Photograph: Copper mining and a sulfuric acid plant in Copperhill, Tennessee Date created: September 1939 Available Sizes: This print is available in the following standard sizes: 8"x10" (Glossy), 11"x17" (Glossy) and 8 1/2" x 11" (SemiGloss). To choose your desired size, use the dropdown box at the top of the page.

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Successful versions of the acid plants were built a year later in Isabella and Copperhill. In total, about 32 thousand acres were denuded by the smelter fumes. The first replacement trees were planted in 1939 through a joint effort by the Tennessee Copper Company and the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority).

Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tenn. 1939 Sept. 1 slide : color. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from Office of War Information, 1944. Subjects: Sulphuric acid industry Copper mining United StatesTennesseeCopperhill Format: Slidlor Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

The resulting sulphuric acid (acid rain) and deforestation devastated the environment. The copper basin became a barren man made dessert of red clay that covered thousands of acres. Copperhill Tennessee – Aerial View With Industrial Plant – Oct 13, 1950

Sulfuric acid fumes filled the bowllike topography and led to the nation''s first look at the longterm effects of acid rain. The Ducktown Basin, or Copper Basin, is located in the extreme southeast corner of Polk County, Tennessee.

Dec 14, 2007· Pollution from mining in Copperhill, Tenn., once denuded trees from much of the area, but green has been restored. ... ore smelters and sulfuric acid plants fed by the mines that gave the Copper ...

Title Copper mining and sulfuric acid plant, Copperhill, Tenn. Contributor Names Wolcott, Marion Post,, photographer
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