Yampa Smelter, Utah, 1909 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Yampa Smelter, Utah, 1909 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Yampa Smelter
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Yampa Smelter, Utah, 1909
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Yampa, Utah, in 1909 sat in a state whose economy still leaned heavily on metals pulled from the ground. Smelters like this one turned raw ore of copper, lead, silver, and gold into metal that could be shipped by rail to markets far away, and Utah's mining districts had fed a steady run of such plants since the 1870s. The work drew laborers, many of them immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, and it shaped the towns that grew up around the furnaces, with company housing, smoke-darkened skies, and shift whistles marking the day. Utah had been a state only since 1896, and its mining towns were still building schools, churches, and local governments of their own. Smelting meant employment and payroll, but it also meant fumes, accidents, and labor disputes that residents would have known well.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | west coast art co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Utah |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,887 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Yampa Smelter |
| Reference | UT Yampa Smelter 1909 |
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