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Image Not Available for A railway station 400 metres underground. Electric railroad engines carry the potash trains to the assembly points.
A railway station 400 metres underground. Electric railroad engines carry the potash trains to the assembly points.
Image Not Available for A railway station 400 metres underground. Electric railroad engines carry the potash trains to the assembly points.

A railway station 400 metres underground. Electric railroad engines carry the potash trains to the assembly points.

Creator Junghans (German)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 19 x 18 cm (7 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
Object number2002/6553
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Lessons on machine repair are learned in the repair workshop of the pit, 600 metres underground.
Lessons on machine repair are learned in the repair workshop of the pit, 600 metres underground.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for View of the supply barn for potash fertilizer salt.
View of the supply barn for potash fertilizer salt.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for In contrast to the level stored potash salt, this photograph shows precipitous layers of "hard salt" which lies embedded in the middle of a salt stone. This production requires an especially skilled and possible taste analysis.
In contrast to the level stored potash salt, this photograph shows precipitous layers of "hard salt" which lies embedded in the middle of a salt stone. This production requires an especially skilled and possible taste analysis.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Workmen shovel potash salt from the cavitiy into containers which travel on rails.
Workmen shovel potash salt from the cavitiy into containers which travel on rails.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for In the foreground, a number of chill boxes where the salt is separated from the potash. In the background is the salt waste dump. The filling of the waste dump is by the sloping elevator.
In the foreground, a number of chill boxes where the salt is separated from the potash. In the background is the salt waste dump. The filling of the waste dump is by the sloping elevator.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The heart of the salt mine; the steam hoisting engine.
The heart of the salt mine; the steam hoisting engine.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Explosives are laid out on a daily basis in the salt pit. Ammunition is packed in galvanized containers and driven up to the pit in a special car, at which point it is carried by face workers
Explosives are laid out on a daily basis in the salt pit. Ammunition is packed in galvanized containers and driven up to the pit in a special car, at which point it is carried by face workers
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Electric railroad engines pull the trains out of the stations and bring them back. About 35 kilometers outside of town the trains are hitched to coal or heated oil engines.
Electric railroad engines pull the trains out of the stations and bring them back. About 35 kilometers outside of town the trains are hitched to coal or heated oil engines.
Presse-Photo
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A workman uses a machine called a "scraper" to move the salt.
A workman uses a machine called a "scraper" to move the salt.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Filling a 7 metric tonne motor coach in a bunker, the so-called "rolling-caste".
Filling a 7 metric tonne motor coach in a bunker, the so-called "rolling-caste".
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Pit foremen and workman use trolleys on rails to get from one area of the pit to another.
Pit foremen and workman use trolleys on rails to get from one area of the pit to another.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Changes of shift at the salt mines.
Changes of shift at the salt mines.
Junghans
1930s
Photograph
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