#Anaconda Smelter Stack

[facts-that-you-will-never-need]

The largest brick masonry structure in the world is the The Anaconda Smelter Stack at 178.3 m tall

#facts #random facts #geography

[bluesguy54]

September 1942. Deer Lodge County, Montana. "Anaconda smelter. Ore cars and smokestack." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information.

The stack is still standing

[michael-massa-micon]

Steam Crane - July 2023 This steam crane was sitting in front of a local manufacturer of some sort. I assume it was used in the Anaconda smelters many, many years ago. The smoke stack for the boiler is clearly evident and the drive mechanism between the wheels can also be clearly seen. Unfortunately, it was on private property with secure fences, etc and signs saying no trespassing. I had to hold my camera above the fence to get this image. MWM

#montana #anaconda mt #steam crane #crane

[gravelish]

Rock Creek to the Big Hole (Day 5)

28 June 2022

I camped last night at Stony Campground on Rock Creek. I was up early, though not as early as Jennie (the other bikepacker camped here last night) - who I occasionally caught glimpses of in the distance on the long straightaways. The upper Rock Creek Valley opens up and it was a beautiful morning on nice gravel riding past ranches and irrigated fields and fishing resorts.

I turned east on the Skalkaho Road (the road west from here over Skalkaho Pass to Hamilton in the Bitterroot Valley is one I’d like to check out someday). After a few miles of gradual climbing, I turned south toward the East Fork Reservoir and the back way up to Georgetown Lake (I’ve driven the main road and I figured the climb and the cars wouldn’t make for good biking). My route was still a stiff climb, but pleasant gravel and almost no cars.

I made it back to the main road (MT 1) at the east end of the lake and stopped at the Lakehouse for cold drinks and a good sandwich. The fast descent to Anaconda was tempered by discovery of a small tear in the tire casing that I had missed when patching two days ago. Which meant that I spent 30 minutes in front of a gas station in Anaconda pulling the tire and adding yet another patch (a small piece of Park plastic boot secured with a strip of gorilla tape).

Tire bandaged and body rehydrated, I rode through town and out into the broad valley past the old smelter stack and the huge tailings piles before turning south on MT 569. Which greeted me with a very strong, gusty headwind and one of the least pleasant climbs of the trip. Even without the wind, this would have been an unappealing climb. The scenery wasn’t spectacular, and the pass was only distinguished by a private construction site of some sort. No sign noting the crossing of the Continental Divide or the elevation (turns out to be just short of 7000’); not even an indication that the pass had a name at all. And with the wind, the descent on the southwest side was still a lot of work!

After pedaling downhill (seemed like it) for more than an hour, I reached the Big Hole River and turned east. I was tired and pulled into the first campground I found, a fairly primitive and exposed BLM site. I washed up and filled water bottles at the boat ramp while listening to thunder over the next ridge. My tent was in the direct sun (rain might have been a relief, but it never materialized) until it set several hours later. I spent the evening listening to a couple guys drinking and talking loudly outside their trailer in the next campsite.

#bike journal #bike #montana

[eopederson]

Anaconda Smelter, Montana, 1969.


“The Anaconda Smelter Stack is the tallest surviving masonry structure in the world, with an overall height of about 585 feet (178.3 m), including a brick chimney 555 feet (169.2 m) tall and the downhill side of a concrete foundation 30 feet (9.1 m) tall.[2][3][A] It is a brick smoke stack or chimney, built in 1918 as part of the Washoe Smelter of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company (ACM) at Anaconda, Montana, in the United States. A terra cotta coating covered the entire brick chimney when new, but by the time the smelter closed in 1981, most had eroded away except for the upper 40%, exposing most of its bricks and reinforcing rods. The inside diameter at the bottom of the brick chimney is 76 feet (23.2 m) while that at the top is about 60 feet (18.3 m). The stack and its viewing area are now the two-part Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park” Wikipedia 


The height of the smelter stack meant that the numerous pollutants emitted through it, most importantly sulphur dioxide, were dispersed over a sizable portion of south central Montana. Though it is a considerable distance from the highway, thanks to its height the now unused stack can be seen from I-90 between Butte and Deer Lodge,

#industry #smokestack #high #masonry #smelter #pollution #anaconda smelter stack #deer lodge county #montana #1969 #photographers on tumblr #pnw #pacific northwest

[adventureattorney]

The Anaconda Smelter Stack in Anaconda, Montana. The tallest surviving masonry structure in the world. #montana #anaconda #smelterstack #tall #tallestintheworld #roadtrip #ontheroad #moving #goodbyearizona #helloidaho #ontheroadagain #sightseeing #sightseeingfromthebackseat #TheCamphosts #ollancia #ollanciaadventures #scenery #landscape #photography #smokestack #godscountry #adventureattorney #photography #travelphotography #enroute (at Anaconda Smelter Stack) https://www.instagram.com/p/COVtkX9px-L/?igshid=17cxlzm8s78k9

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[eopederson2]

Deer Lodge County Landscape With Anaconda Smelter and Stack Emitting Pollutants, Montana, 1969.

#landscape #industry #open space #pollution #smog #deel lodge county #montana #1969 #photographers on tumblr #pnw #pacific northwest

[kaniksu]

Adventure pup met some miners yesterday and he was very suspicious. #mileswithmilo #roadtrip #latergram (at Anaconda Smelter Stack State Park)

#mileswithmilo #roadtrip #latergram