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The Historical Significance of Tailings and Slag: Industrial Waste as Cultural Resource (2007)

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Waste Environment Copper Mines and Mining Slag Environmental pollution Industrial heritage Industrial archaeology Smoke Tailings (Metallurgy) 20th century United States Anaconda Copper Mining Company

Mine-waste dumps, milling wastes, and other processing residues are ubiquitous features of mining landscapes that are often slated for removal or containment under environmental remediation projects undertaken under Superfund or other environmental cleanup programs. All too often, such features of the cultural landscape as industrial waste products are not valued for their historical significance and the lessons they embody about our past. This article uses a case study of the Butte-Anaconda National Histor죠Landmark Distnct to show that deposits of industrial waste, and the engineering features meant to manage such wastes, can have significance far beyond merely showing all of the steps of industrial process from beginning to end. Industrial wastes can have national significance, help portray the work of nationally important individuals, and illuminate the long history of conflict over the environment. As such, industrial wastes merit preservation in their own right.

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Authors & Contributors
Eric DeLony
Ross F. Allen
James C. Dawson
Leech, Brian James
Richard W. Ward
Patricio Flores
Journals
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Publishers
University of Washington Press
University of North Carolina Press
University of California Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Cornell University Press
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Industrial heritage
Environment
Environmental pollution
Mines and mining
Slag
People
Roebling, John Augustus
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
United States
Butte, Montana
Cincinatti, OH
Tooele, Utah
Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.)
Southern states (U.S.)
Institutions
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
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