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Carr Fork Canyon: 1942

Carr Fork Canyon: 1942

Carr Fork Canyon as seen from the "G" Bridge, Bingham Copper Mine, Utah. Nov. 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Andreas Feininger.

Bingham Canyon Mine

I used to work there. It is an open pit mine and as you can imagine it has grown quite a bit since this photo was taken. The mine just celebrated its 100 year anniversary in 2004. It still holds the record for the largest man made excavation. That entire canyon is now part of the open pit and no longer exists. I have a CD with about 500 photos of this particular mine on it. Steam shovels steam engines and all.

Photographer

Those who follow photography recognize Andreas Feininger as one of the premier photographers of the era... It is Andreas's sense of composition and exposure that makes this arresting image... You can be sure that he climbed all over that slope in freezing weather carrying a heavy 4x5 camera and tripod, looking for 'the' shot...

denny - old photographer

Just a great picture.

Just a great picture.

carr fork canyon

Beautiful photo

carr fork canyon

this is one of the most beautiful photos I've ever seen.

Carr Fork Canyon: 1942

wow! In a strange way, it's almost beautiful.

Shorpy's bridge

He was a regular little industrialist, that kid.

shorpy.com Sponsorship

Good to see that shorpy.com was already sponsoring all those copper digs and the bridges which spanned the area. Impressive advertising. :)

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