Date of Award
2017
Document Type
Open Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Heritage and Archaeology (PhD)
Administrative Home Department
Department of Social Sciences
Advisor 1
Nancy Langston
Committee Member 1
Melissa Baird
Committee Member 2
Don Lafreniere
Committee Member 3
Fredric Quivik
Committee Member 4
Arn Keeling
Abstract
This dissertation explores the intersection between mining technology, industrial heritage, and environmental history, using iron mining in the Mesabi Range of the Lake Superior Iron District as its core case study. What impact did technological shifts in iron mining and ore processing have on the environment of the Lake Superior basin? How did the environmental changes wrought from low-grade iron ore mining and processing, such as the expansion of open-pits and the production of tailings, affect different communities in Minnesota’s Mesabi Range? And finally, how have the environmental legacies of iron mining been remembered and memorialized, or ignored and forgotten?
Recommended Citation
Baeten, John, "A Landscape of Water and Waste: Heritage Legacies and Environmental Change in the Mesabi Iron Range", Open Access Dissertation, Michigan Technological University, 2017.
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