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Green Butte Copper Company, Portal Shed, McCarthy Creek 12 miles Northeast of McCarthy, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK
LocationMcCarthy Creek 12 miles Northeast of McCarthy,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER AK-9-H
Building/structure dates:
1925 initial construction
Significance: Used as part of the Green Butte Copper Company mining operation. The 50' x 17' structure has a cliff face that forms part of the wall. It is constructed of milled boards and post beams. Besides serving as the original blacksmith shop and generator room, the building contains innumerable artifacts from the 1920s.
Subjects
ShedsWooden BuildingsCopper Mining
Related Names
Green Butte Copper Company
Lowe, Jet, Photographer
Faulkner, Sandra M., Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. AERIAL VIEW OF SHED
2. VIEW SHOWING RELATION TO BUNKHOUSE AND COVERED STAIRWAY, LOOKING SOUTH
3. INTERIOR VIEW OF GENERATOR ROOM, NORTHEAST CORNER
4. INTERIOR VIEW OF GENERATOR ROOM, SOUTHEAST CORNER
5. INTERIOR VIEW OF BLACKSMITH SHOP, NORTH CORNER
6. DETAIL VIEW OF ENTRANCE
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