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Devastation left behind after years of Copper Mining, PA
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On top of Lehigh Gap...
· Date: Mon September 9, 2002 · Views: 1669 · Filesize: 34.4kb, 66.1kb · Dimensions: 748 x 505 ·
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Tink

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Registered: December 2002
Location: Litchfield, Maine
Posts: 8
Tue September 30, 2003 12:48am

The stupidity of humanity is awesome isn't it?
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MoBeach42

Jay, Class of 2005

Registered: December 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 141
Wed February 16, 2005 8:04pm Rating: 8 

I believe that was Zinc smelting at Lehigh Gap... correct me if I'm wrong.

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Kerosene

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Registered: September 2002
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Thu February 17, 2005 11:57am Rating: 7 

I'm also pretty sure that it was zinc smelting down in the valley near Palmerton.

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