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Workers using pick axes and baskets to mine rock salt in mines in Northwich, Cheshire. Opened in 1670, the lrage cavity was created with gunpowder, and the roof supported by pillars of salt. Interior of a salt mine. Aquatint drawn and engraved by William Daniell from William Woods Zoography, Cadell and Davies, 1807.
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Caption:
Workers using pick axes and baskets to mine rock salt in mines in Northwich, Cheshire. Opened in 1670, the lrage cavity was created with gunpowder, and the roof supported by pillars of salt. Interior of a salt mine. Aquatint drawn and engraved by William Daniell from William Woods Zoography, Cadell and Davies, 1807.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
7189 x 4724 px | 97.2 MB
Print size:
60.9 x 40.0 cm | 24.0 x 15.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1670 • AQUATINT • AQUATINT, ETCHING • BASKET • BASKETS • CAVE • CAVERN • CAVES • CHESHIRE • COMMON SALT • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • ETCHED ENGRAVING • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGY • GOTHIC ART • GOTHIC • GROTTE • GROTTO • GUNPOWDER • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INTERIOR OF A SALT MINE • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • MINER • MINERAL • MINERALOTOGY • MINERS • MINES • MURIA AQUATICA • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • NORTHWICH • ORE • PICK AXE • PILLARS OF SALT • ROCK SALT • ROOF • SALT MINE • SUPPORT • WILLIAM DANIELL • WILLIAM WOOD • WORKERS • ZOOGRAPHY • ZOOLOGY
