| SALT CELLARS Salt mines in Cheshire - brine is extracted and dried out to produce salt. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6753 |
| Catalog #: | 432989 | |
| Clip Number: | 432989-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 176 | |
| Timecode: | 01:49:10 - 01:51:04 | |
| Location: | Cheshire, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Salt | |
| Description: | SALT CELLARS Salt mines in Cheshire - brine is extracted and dried out to produce salt. Brine wells of Cheshire. WS factory w/ smoking chimneys. Man pulling rope which hangs down from above; this seems to have something to do w/ pump, part of which we see moving like mechanical legs cycling. LS worker sticking long pole into big square vat w/ steam rising from it. MS man shovelling fuel into brick furnace. MS worker by steamy vat now scooping out rock salt. CU scooping salt into metal container to mold it. MS worker taking the pillars of salt out of the molds. | |
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