The Tennessee Copper Company

The Tennessee Copper Company

1899-1970

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Publication Date: 28th March 2022

In 1899, the Tennessee Copper Company lifted its first shovelful of red clay dirt from what would become the new Burra Burra Mine shaft overlooking the tiny East Tennessee village of Ducktown. At its peak, the company would employ more than 3,000 workers, drawing from small towns and communities in three states, and would become the largest US mining company east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Lake Superior. It would also become the home of the largest sulfuric acid plant in the world. Generations followed generations not only into the mines but also into the skilled trades and other occu... Read More
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In 1899, the Tennessee Copper Company lifted its first shovelful of red clay dirt from what would become the new Burra Burra Mine shaft overlooking the tiny East Tennessee village of Ducktown. At its peak, the company would employ more than 3,000 workers, drawing from small towns and communities in three states, and would become the largest US mining company east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Lake Superior. It would also become the home of the largest sulfuric acid plant in the world. Generations followed generations not only into the mines but also into the skilled trades and other occu... Read More
Description
In 1899, the Tennessee Copper Company lifted its first shovelful of red clay dirt from what would become the new Burra Burra Mine shaft overlooking the tiny East Tennessee village of Ducktown. At its peak, the company would employ more than 3,000 workers, drawing from small towns and communities in three states, and would become the largest US mining company east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Lake Superior. It would also become the home of the largest sulfuric acid plant in the world. Generations followed generations not only into the mines but also into the skilled trades and other occupations that made up the greater part of the company's workforce. In 1963, its parent company, Tennessee Corporation, was merged with the far larger Cities Service Company, which retained much of the company's original workforce but discontinued use of the Tennessee Copper Company name on January 1, 1970.
Details
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 28th March 2022
  • State: Tennessee
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781467107648
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    TRAVEL / United States / South / East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mining
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Author Bio
Freelance writer Harriet Frye was born in the Tennessee Copper Company hospital in Copperhill and grew up in the Great Copper Basin during the boom years of the 1940s and 1950s. She currently serves as secretary of the Ducktown Basin Museum Board of Directors.
In 1899, the Tennessee Copper Company lifted its first shovelful of red clay dirt from what would become the new Burra Burra Mine shaft overlooking the tiny East Tennessee village of Ducktown. At its peak, the company would employ more than 3,000 workers, drawing from small towns and communities in three states, and would become the largest US mining company east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Lake Superior. It would also become the home of the largest sulfuric acid plant in the world. Generations followed generations not only into the mines but also into the skilled trades and other occupations that made up the greater part of the company's workforce. In 1963, its parent company, Tennessee Corporation, was merged with the far larger Cities Service Company, which retained much of the company's original workforce but discontinued use of the Tennessee Copper Company name on January 1, 1970.
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 28th March 2022
  • State: Tennessee
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781467107648
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    TRAVEL / United States / South / East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mining
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Freelance writer Harriet Frye was born in the Tennessee Copper Company hospital in Copperhill and grew up in the Great Copper Basin during the boom years of the 1940s and 1950s. She currently serves as secretary of the Ducktown Basin Museum Board of Directors.