Collage Images of the Salt Industry
- Identifier:
- 001429
- Collection Number:
- A&M 2112, J.Q. Dickinson Collection
- Title:
- Collage Images of the Salt Industry
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- These pictures made before 1898 'probably at same time as Thompson made picture of entire plant'--also shown in this collection. Picture in upper left corner shows salt piled on drain boards after being lifted by hand from the crystalizing vats. Right upper picture shows salt being packed in barrels for shipment. Middle scene is in cooper shop. 'All salt at that time was shipped in barrels.' Lower left scene shows barrels of salt on platform ready to lower down incline to load on barges. Until the New York Central Railroad 'formerly the K&M' was built, all salt was shipped by barge or taken across Kanawha River and loaded on C&O Railroad at South Malden.
- Acquisition Method:
- Acquired
- Medium:
- print
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView