Strip Pits: Lakes for the Future? (1977)

Synopsis

After strip mining its coal, Peabody Coal Co. turned its strip mining pit into a fresh water lake stocked with fish for recreational use

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Details

Running time

13 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Educational Films, Ephemeral Films

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Reclamation of land
• Landscape architecture
• Lakes
• Strip mining

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