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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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- 5 comments
- 41 favorites
- 106,637 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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A train bringing copper ore out of the mines, Ducktown, Tenn. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land (LOC)
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- 4 comments
- 63 favorites
- 93,832 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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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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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 2 comments
- 54 favorites
- 90,021 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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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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- License: No known copyright restrictions
- 4 comments
- 8 favorites
- 84,944 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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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)
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- 1 comment
- 10 favorites
- 83,652 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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[Greene Co., Ga., eroded farm land] (LOC)
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- 5 comments
- 14 favorites
- 66,948 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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[Greene Co., Ga., eroded farm land] (LOC)
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- 0 comments
- 25 favorites
- 66,537 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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[Greene Co., Ga., eroded farm land] (LOC)
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- 0 comments
- 13 favorites
- 63,636 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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[Greene Co. Ga., eroded farm land] (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 20 favorites
- 36,096 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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[Eroded land] (LOC)
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- 0 comments
- 4 favorites
- 28,937 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Wonderful natural bridges and other wild scenery to be included in two new national parks. (LOC)
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- 9 comments
- 4 favorites
- 15,330 views
- Date taken: 1907-09-29 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2009-08-07
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