Ashio Copper Mine
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The Ashio Copper Mine was a copper mine located in the town of Ashio, Tochigi, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It was the site of Japan's first major pollution disaster in the 1880s and the sce
Ashio Copper Mine circa 1895
Contemporary photograph of the mine entrance, 2015
USS S-44
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USS S-44 was a third-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy.
Ashio Copper Mine
…prisoners of war were forced to work at the mine. US prisoners included survivors from the Bataan Death March and submarines Sculpin, Grenadier, and S-44. The prison camp was liberated on 29 August 1945. Smelting business continued at the mine using imported ore until 1989. Afterwards, the site was used…
S-44 in harbor.
The cruiser Kako