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Production. Copper. Rubber lining for large capacity centrifugal pumps are necessary for the pumping of copper sludge and concentrates at the mills of the Utah Copper Company at Magna and Arthur in Utah

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Production. Copper. Rubber lining for large capacity centrifugal pumps are necessary for the pumping of copper sludge and concentrates at the mills of the Utah Copper Company at Magna and Arthur in Utah

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1940

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Contributors

Feininger, Andreas, 1906-1999, photographer

United States. Office of War Information.

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Location

North Salt Lake, 40.84856, -111.90688

Google Map of 40.8485564, -111.9068824

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Library of Congress

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