Loading copper on railroad car
During the industrial age, cities grew rapidly as did the use of copper for electric wiring during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Copper discovered in the North Pacific earned top dollar in the marketplace.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between ca. 1900 and 1916]
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, Carpenter Collection
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original) ppmsc 01756
URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.01756