Industrial Heritage Sand
Champion Stamp Mill Ruins, Freda, MI
Leo Kenney
Remnants of industry and civilizations are often found as grains in sands. Coal chunks from power plants, paint chips from road paint, brick fragments from old chimneys, rusted steel shot from sandblasting sites, and colorful glass fragments. Other sands contain the waste material from mines or slag from ore smelting operations. Magnification reveals these grains.
Bode River, Sachsen Anhalt, Germany
Slag from historic cobalt, lead, zinc, copper and iron miningBode River, Sachsen Anhalt, Germany
Lac Jeanniine Mine, Quebec, Canada
Polished slag from closed iron mineLac Jeannine mine, Gagnon, Quebec, Canada
Acushnet River, Mattapoisett, MA
White, yellow paint, reflective beads from road runoff.Acushnet River, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Ele'ele, Kauai, Hawaii
Glass fragments from historic ocean dumping of city waste.Ele'ele, Kauai, Hawaii
Brandywine River, Wilmington, DE
Slag, coal, and brick remnants from historic powder mill.Brandywine River, Eagle Rollings Mills, Wilmington, Delaware
North Canal Township Park, Michigan
Stamp mill copper mine waste dumped in Lake SuperiorNorth Canal Township Park, Houghton, Michigan
Zejdlik Brook, Ustecky, Czech Republ
Glass fragments from glass productionZejdlik Brook, Ustecky, Czech Republic
Mississippi River, Minneapolis, MN
Sand blasting shot, charcoal, and slag dredged from River.35W Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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