Nikko, Japan [041]

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Title Nikko, Japan [041]
Photo Number Box 35, Japan, Nikko, General, 19
Description Photo showing a view of copper smelters at Ashino, near Nikko, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1980
Subject Architecture--Japan--Photographs; Industries--Japan--Photographs; Copper industry and trade--Japan--Photographs; Copper mines and mining--Japan--Photographs; Roads--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Nikko; Ashio; Travel
Keywords Smelters
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Honshu (Japan); Tochigi-ken (Japan); Nikko-shi (Japan); Ashio-machi (Japan)
Caption on Slide View of copper smelters at Ashio near Nikko, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: The Ashio Copper Mine, Ashio, Tochigi prefecture, Japan, became very significant from the end of the 19th century to the mid-20th century. It was the site of major pollution in the 1880s and the scene of the 1907 miners riots.--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided as: View to factories along Dalwa River copper smelters at Ashio near Nikko, Japan.
Type Image
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
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ARK ark:/87278/s61z4mxj
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 336393
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61z4mxj
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