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File:RailroadTiesBeforeAfterCreosoteSantaFeRRAlbuquerqueNM.jpg

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Creosote is now banned in many countries, in particular Britain, because it is carcinogenic

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Author
Jack Delano  (1914–1997)  wikidata:Q639121
 
Jack Delano
Alternative names
Jack Ovcharov
Description American photographer and composer
Date of birth/death 1 August 1914 Edit this at Wikidata 12 August 1997 / 13 August 1997 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kiev, Ukraine Puerto Rico Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q639121
Description
English: Title: At the Santa Fe R.R. tie plant, Albuquerque, N[ew] Mex[ico]. The ties made of pine and fir, are seasoned for eight months. The steaming black ties in the center have just come from the retort where they have been impregnated with creosote for eight hours. This plant has a capacity of 100,000 ties per month; is currently producing 80,000
Date March 1943
date QS:P571,+1943-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium 1 transparency : color.
institution QS:P195,Q131454
Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Accession number
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-fsac-1a34734 (digital file from original transparency)
  • LC-USW361-687 (color film copy slide)
  • Call Number: LC-USW36-687 <P&P> [P&P]
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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID fsac.1a34734.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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Public domain This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright.

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