Open-pit workings – Historic Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Open-pit workings. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Open-pit workings
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Open-pit workings is the title on this view, which sits in the railroad and depot group of the gallery's collection and turns attention from the tracks and stations to the mines they once served. Open-pit mining removed ore from the surface in broad, stepped excavations rather than through shafts underground, and the rail lines that ran into such pits carried away the extracted material and the workers who depended on it. Railroad photographs of this kind are useful to researchers because they record how freight and industry were tied together in a single landscape. Look closely at the cars and the grade of the approach for clues about scale and daily work.
| Original scan | 9,038 × 7,308 px · prints to 30 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1a34852u Open-pit workings |
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