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Great Falls, Montana. Electrolytic copper refinery of Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Dipping copper cathodes after they have been removed from refining tanks; the cathodes will next go to the refining furnace
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Credit lineGreat Falls, Montana. Electrolytic copper refinery of Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Dipping copper cathodes after they have been removed from refining tanks; the cathodes will next go to the refinin. 1942-01-01. Lee, Russell. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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