Raw Material Conveyor
Provenance
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
A raw material conveyor system at the Tsudō Ore-Dressing Plant, within the Ashio Copper Mine surface complex in Tochigi Prefecture. The conveyors carried ore into the plant to be broken down. The dressing plant ceased operation in 1973, when the Ashio mine's Excavation Department closed.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Raw Material Conveyor
- Series
- Ashio Copper Mine
- Process
- Giclée
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Ashio, Tochigi, Japan
- Recognised by
- Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
Ashio, Tochigi, Japan
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Heavy timber posts run in a long colonnade down the length of the conveyor building. Moss covers the concrete floor in patches of bright green. Rubble, broken timber and twisted metal lie scattered between the columns. Light enters through a row of high windows on the right wall, catching dust and debris. A large arched opening is set into the concrete, its mouth dark. The air looks thick and damp.
Brett Patman
The series
Ashio Copper Mine
Furukawa Ichibei acquired the Ashio mine in 1877 with financial backing from Shibusawa Eiichi. By 1922 the operation had consolidated its three separate ore-processing plants into one. The Tsudō Ore-Dressing Plant, on the Watarase River, was held up at home and abroad as a model facility for metal mines.
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