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- Chronology of recent haboobs (dust storms) across the American West
- Geography of Hot Shot wildfire crew bases
- Fragile cities in a time of climate change: Urban archipelagoes
- Largest city/town names with the suffix of “field”
- Banana Belts across the United States
- Working list: Peanut roundabouts worldwide
- Going “nuts” over peanut roundabouts!
- Cities/towns devoured by their own mines
- Rediscovering historic smelter towns across America and Canada
- Muy bien Mexican food in flyover country!
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Tag Archives: metals
Rediscovering historic smelter towns across America and Canada
Too often the history of mining towns concentrates solely on the mines themselves and the towns surrounding them. However, without the adjunct smelter towns, the ore could not be processed and separated from the minerals being sought. Sometimes, the smelter … Continue reading →
Posted in adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, art, branding, business, Canada, cities, commerce, culture, deregulation, economic development, ecosystems, engineering, environment, geography, Geology, ghost towns, health, historic preservation, history, industry, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Mining, natural history, nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, pollution, revitalization, Skies, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, technology, topography, tourism, Trade, Travel, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution
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Tagged aluminum, books, Canada, cities, cleanup, copper, environment, geography, gold, grime, health, heritage, history, land use, lead, metals, minerals, pictures, planning, pollution, preservations, silver, smelters, smelting, soot, stacks, Superfund, travel, zinc
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Working list: World’s deepest open pit mines past and present
The following list identifies more than 120 of the deepest open pit mines in the world. As additional data for other mines is found, the list will be updated accordingly. A separate post will be prepared on the deepest quarries, … Continue reading →
Posted in Africa, archaeology, Arctic, Asia, business, Canada, Caribbean, China, climate, commerce, economic development, engineering, environment, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, India, industry, infrastructure, land use, Mining, mountains, natural history, nature, North America, Oceania, pictures, place names, planning, Russia, Science, South America, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, technology, topography, toponymy, tourism, Travel, trucking, water
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Tagged 3, coal, copper, diamonds, environment, geography, gold, history, iron ore, land use, lead, lignite, metals, minerals, mines, mining, molybdenum, open pit mining, open pits, perlite, planning, rare earth, silver, surface mining, tin, travel, uranium, zinc
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Heavy/precious metal cities and towns
Here’s my list of those cities and towns that are either named for metals or with the name of metals included as part of its name. As the photo of beautiful Copper Harbor, Michigan shows, some of these communities are … Continue reading →
Posted in Asia, branding, Canada, cities, Communications, culture, Economy, Europe, fun, geography, history, land use, Maps, North America, Oceania, placemaking, planning, South America
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Tagged Argentina, Australia, Canada, cities, Colombia, elements, etymology, geography, metals, mining, Netherlands, periodic table, place names, Portugal, The Philippines, towns, USA
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