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An old method of extracting salt. Salt was lifted out of water and placed on the boards 'walkways' to drain. It was then removed in wheelbarrows for storage.

1. Salt Extracting Plant

IDNO:
001416
Title:
Salt Extracting Plant
Date:
undated
Description:
An old method of extracting salt. Salt was lifted out of water and placed on the boards 'walkways' to drain. It was then removed in wheelbarrows for storage.
Close up of a Bromine Still. The salt has been removed and Bromine is now being extracted.

2. Bromine Still

IDNO:
001417
Title:
Bromine Still
Date:
undated
Description:
Close up of a Bromine Still. The salt has been removed and Bromine is now being extracted.
Group of salt wells with a railroad in the background. From wood cut made before 1900. This date is indicated by the fact that the picture clearly shows the salt wells being pumped by the sucker rod system, which was discontinued about 1898 for compressed air. The railroad tracks shown in foreground were not built until about 1890.

3. Salt Wells and Railroad

IDNO:
001418
Title:
Salt Wells and Railroad
Date:
ca. 1890-1898
Description:
Group of salt wells with a railroad in the background. From wood cut made before 1900. This date is indicated by the fact that the picture clearly shows the salt wells being pumped by the sucker rod system, which was discontinued about 1898 for compressed air. The railroad tracks shown in foreground were not built until about 1890.
Pipes running along side the exterior of a wall.

4. Pipes To Preheater from Settling Tank

IDNO:
001419
Title:
Pipes To Preheater from Settling Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Pipes running along side the exterior of a wall.
Salt well. Two men are standing in the distance next to a telephone pole.

5. Salt Wells

IDNO:
001420
Title:
Salt Wells
Date:
undated
Description:
Salt well. Two men are standing in the distance next to a telephone pole.