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Inside a Cheshire salt mine, 1889. Artist: Unknown

Inside a Cheshire salt mine, 1889. Artist: Unknown

1-158-907 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Inside a Cheshire salt mine, 1889. Miners are gathering loose rock salt after blasting, and loading it into a horse-drawn tub for hoisting to the surface. Most rock was salt exported as it was cheaper to obtain salt from brine. From Cassell's Family Magazine.(London, 1889).

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  1. Engraving
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World Europe United Kingdom England Cheshire

  1. 53 00 00 N , 002 41 00 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5224x3344
File Size : 51,179kb

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  1. 006831
  1. 006831
  1. 0460001614
  1. 1-158-907
  1. 1158907
  1. 1614
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