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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
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  • 106,637 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
  • Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34325, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, desolation, coppermining, sulfuricacid, ducktown, tn, copperhill, marionpostwolcott, hills, erosion, tennessee, format:slide=color, sulphuricacidindustry, polkcounty, mines, mining, 1939, 1930s, environmentaldisaster, preciousmetal, landscape, nature, desert, sandstone, arro
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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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  • 2 comments
  • 54 favorites
  • 90,021 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• Planting corn along a river in Tennessee (LOC)

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  • 3 comments
  • 12 favorites
  • 88,737 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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  • 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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• Striking scenery which it is proposed to save from the despoiler's hand. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1907-02-03 00:00:00
  • Date uploaded: 2009-08-07
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