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  2. Ducktown Basin Museum and Burra Burra Mine - Wikipedia

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    The Burra Burra Mine is a copper mine located in Ducktown, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.Named for the famous mine in Australia, the Burra Burra Mine is located in the Copper Basin geological region, and extracted over 15 million tons (14 million metric tons) of copper ore during its 60 years of operation between 1899 and 1959.

  3. List of museums in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Museum of Tobacco Art and History, Nashville, closed in 1998 [58] Music Valley Wax Museum, Nashville [59] Obion County Museum, Union City, closed in 2012, collections moved to Discovery Park of Americar [60] Smoky Mountain Car Museum, Pigeon Forge [61] Soda Museum, Springfield, also known as the Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising [62]

  4. Ducktown, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Ducktown (Cherokee: ᎦᏬᏅᏱ, romanized: Gawonvyi) is a city in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 461 at the 2020 census and 475 at the 2010 census. The population was 461 at the 2020 census and 475 at the 2010 census.

  5. Copper Basin (Tennessee) - Wikipedia

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    The Ducktown Basin Museum was established in 1978 by a group of local citizens intent on preserving the legacy of the Copper Basin. The museum was moved to the building that formerly housed the headquarters of the Tennessee Copper Company at the Burra Burra Mine in 1982.

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Polk County ...

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    Ducktown: 2: Buzzard's Roost Historic District: May 15, 1992 : 301-400 College, 420-430 Ell and 129-186 Main Sts., 400-415 School House Rd., and 211 and 215 State Route 68: Ducktown: 3: Center & Abernathy Store Building

  7. Category:History museums in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 11 October 2023, at 16:46 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee

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    This is a list of properties and historic districts in Tennessee that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 2,000 in total. There are over 2,000 in total. Of these, 29 are National Historic Landmarks .

  9. Polk County, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Polk County was created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on November 23, 1839. The location for the county seat of Benton was chosen by an election held on February 4, 1840. [1] Copper was discovered in Ducktown in 1843. By the 1850s, a large mining operation was underway in southeastern Polk County; the area became known as the ...