Kennecott mining district

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company town copper mining district historic district

The Kennecott mining district is a historic copper-mining area in Alaska’s Wrangell–St. Elias region, known for its remarkably preserved early 20th-century industrial facilities and company town.

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Label Occurrences
Kennecott Copper operations 1
Kennecott mining district canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf company town ⓘ
copper mining district ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
abandoned late 1930s ⓘ
constructionBegan 1900s ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse heritage tourism site ⓘ
interpretive historic site ⓘ
developedBy Alaska Syndicate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kennecott Copper Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
eraOfSignificance early 20th century ⓘ
hasFacility Kennecott mill building NERFINISHED ⓘ
company office ⓘ
concentrator mill ⓘ
general store ⓘ
hospital ⓘ
machine shop ⓘ
power plant ⓘ
recreation hall ⓘ
residential housing ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
heritageDesignationReason significance in American copper mining history ⓘ
knownFor high-grade copper ore deposits ⓘ
historic company town layout ⓘ
well-preserved industrial architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Wrangell–St. Elias region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Park Service
mineralExtracted copper ⓘ
silver ⓘ
miningCeased 1938 ⓘ
namedAfter Kennecott Copper Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestSettlement McCarthy, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Copper River region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakProductionPeriod 1910s ⓘ
1920s ⓘ
railConnection Copper River and Northwestern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Southcentral Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantMine Bonanza Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erie Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glacier Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jumbo Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mother Lode Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
touristActivity guided historic tours ⓘ
hiking to former mine sites ⓘ

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historic Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark → partOf → Kennecott mining district ⓘ
subject surface form: Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark
Magna → hasNearbyLandmark → Kennecott mining district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kennecott Copper operations