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File:Detail view of headframe, from within the Orphan Mine Site, view to the northwest - Orphan Lode Mine, Headframe, North of West Rim Road between Powell Point and Maricopa Point, South HAER AZ-67-A-11.tif

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Detail view of headframe, from within the Orphan Mine Site, view to the northwest - Orphan Lode Mine, Headframe, North of West Rim Road between Powell Point and Maricopa Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ
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Killam, David

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Centennial Contractors
Title
Detail view of headframe, from within the Orphan Mine Site, view to the northwest - Orphan Lode Mine, Headframe, North of West Rim Road between Powell Point and Maricopa Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ
Description
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*The Headframe of the Orphan Lode Mine — a former "rich grade" Uranium ore mine productive from 1941 to 1969, and present day radionuclides contaminated site.
Depicted place Arizona; Coconino County; Grand Canyon Village
Date 2005
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER AZ-67-A-11
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: It is a good example of a post-World War II four-post steel headframe. During its operation, the headframe was responsible for significantly increasing ore production by allowing easier and faster access to the lower workings of the mine and providing more lifting capacity.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1153
  • Survey number: HAER AZ-67-A
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/az0500.photos.575138p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location36° 02′ 47″ N, 112° 09′ 11.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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