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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.
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.
IDNO:
001419
Title:
Pipes To Preheater from Settling Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Pipes running along side the exterior of a wall.
IDNO:
001420
Title:
Salt Wells
Date:
undated
Description:
Salt well. Two men are standing in the distance next to a telephone pole.
IDNO:
001421
Title:
Genuine Kanawha Salt Bags
Date:
undated
Description:
Picture of 17 genuine Kanawha Salt Bags from J.Q. Dickinson and Co., Malden, W. Va. Also bags of Charmco Feeds Screened Cracked Corn from the Charleston Milling Company, Charleston, W. Va.
IDNO:
001422
Title:
One of the First Salt Wells Drilled for J.Q. Dickinson & Company
Date:
undated
Description:
A salt well derrick in the midst of winter.
IDNO:
001423
Title:
Salt Well and Salt Dryer (In Background)
Date:
undated
Description:
Salt well and salt dryer (in background) in the wintertime.
IDNO:
001424
Title:
Brine Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Well in right background. Foreground is storage tank for brine, the salt water cistern. Brine from all wells is piped into this cistern which serves merely as a reserve supply should the wells be shut off for a short time. The bottom logs were place ca. 1870.
IDNO:
001425
Title:
Steam Engine for Working on Salt Well
Date:
undated
Description:
Steam engine that was used for working on the salt wells.
IDNO:
001426
Title:
Interior of a Salt Factory
Date:
undated
Description:
Salt on the assembly line.
IDNO:
001427
Title:
Interior of Grainer
Date:
undated
Description:
Interior of a grainer building.
IDNO:
001428
Title:
Brine Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
A salt water reserve tank.
IDNO:
001429
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.
IDNO:
001430
Title:
Shed, Smokestack and Grainer in Salt Camp
Date:
undated
Description:
Picture of shed, smokestack is on left, grainer is behind. Coal brought in here. Small Stack on right is storage for cinders.
IDNO:
001431
Title:
Salt Well and Brine Storage Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
An aerial view of the factory with the salt water reserve tank in the foreground and other various buildings surrounding it.
IDNO:
001432
Title:
Brine Storage Tanks
Date:
undated
Description:
Brine Storage Tanks. The brine went from wells to storage tanks, the container in center of picture contains brine. The boiler furnishes heat, a pre-heating process for brine grainer. The brine came in from the left. Coal in foreground.
IDNO:
001433
Title:
Evaporating Sheds
Date:
undated
Description:
Evaporating sheds for salt.
IDNO:
001434
Title:
Salt Well Buildings
Date:
undated
Description:
Buildings to the right and left with a silo in the distance.
IDNO:
001435
Title:
Blacksmith Shop at Dickinson Salt Works.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
001436
Title:
Salt Works
Date:
undated
Description:
A towering smokestack to the right with railroad tracks running down the center and in the distance. A truck sits in the center with its door open.
IDNO:
001437
Title:
Coal Stoker to Furnace for Boiler
Date:
undated
Description:
Picture of Coal stoker to furnace for boiler.
IDNO:
001438
Title:
Rooftop of Salt Works Building
Date:
undated
Description:
A roof top of a factory building with silos in the background.
IDNO:
001440
Title:
Salt Well
Date:
undated
Description:
Salt well with houses and another well in the background.
IDNO:
001441
Title:
Dickinson Salt Works
Date:
undated
Description:
Aerial view of the salt works with salt water reserve tank in the foreground and surrounding buildings.
IDNO:
001442
Title:
Farm Boy Balances on Pipes in front of a Salt Well
Date:
undated
IDNO:
001443
Title:
Kanawha Valley Salt Works
Date:
undated
Description:
A brine storage reservoir with a building on the rightside.
IDNO:
001444
Title:
Distant View of Salt Works
Date:
undated
IDNO:
001445
Title:
Salt Water Cistern at Dickinson Salt Works
Date:
undated
Description:
Picture of salt water cistern at Dickinson Salt Works. Brine from all wells is piped to this cistern, which serves as a reserve supply should the wells be shut off for a short time. The bottom logs in foundation of this cistern were put in about 1870.
IDNO:
001448
Title:
Salt Well of J.Q. Dickinson & Company
Date:
undated
Description:
A salt well derrick.
IDNO:
001450
Title:
Salt pile and Copper Shovel
Date:
undated
IDNO:
001451
Title:
J. Q. Dickinson & Company Salt Well
Date:
undated
Description:
A salt well derrick.
IDNO:
001452
Title:
One of the First Salt Wells Drilled for J.Q. Dickinson & Company
Date:
undated
IDNO:
001453
Title:
J. Q. Dickinson & Company Salt Well
Date:
undated
Description:
A salt well derrick.
IDNO:
001454
Title:
Coil for Evaporating Bromide.
Date:
undated
Description:
A close-up shot of a coil.
IDNO:
001455
Title:
Dickinson's Dust-Lay Service for Dust Proofing Dirt, Cinder, or Gravel Surfaces
Date:
undated
Description:
Dust-Lay advertisement for J.Q. Dickinson and Co. Malden, W. Va.
IDNO:
001456
Title:
Condensors for Bromine Recovery
Date:
undated
Description:
Pipes running to condensors in a building.
IDNO:
001457
Title:
Rooftop of Salt Works Building
Date:
undated
IDNO:
001458
Title:
Brook Salt Furnace.
Date:
undated
Description:
Salt works buildings and salt workers. Cows visible in the foreground.
IDNO:
001459
Title:
Salt Rake
Date:
undated
Description:
A Salt Rake in use. After the salt rake was installed, the salt was raked up automatically. (Steam went through under rake heating the brine)
IDNO:
001460
Title:
Calcium Chloride Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Where calcium chloride is made. The evaportating tank with coil in tank. The calcium is drained out below and became solid.
IDNO:
001461
Title:
Salt Works Buildings
Date:
undated
IDNO:
001462
Title:
Barn and Salt Dryer at Dickinson Salt Works
Date:
undated
Description:
Barn with a tractor parked beside it as well as a salt dryer building at Dickinson Salt Works.
IDNO:
001463
Title:
Storage Building for Off Grade Salt
Date:
undated
Description:
Picture of storage building for off grade salt. This salt is used for unfreezing highways since it has more impurities in it.
IDNO:
001466
Title:
Grainer at Salt Works in Kanawha Valley
Date:
undated
IDNO:
001467
Title:
Salt Grainer Vats
Date:
undated
Description:
Salt grainer vats. Salt was lifted out of vats and drained.
IDNO:
001468
Title:
Salt Dryer and Barn
Date:
undated
Description:
Salt works buildings in the background and a field in front.
IDNO:
001470
Title:
Salt Well and Salt Dryer
Date:
undated
IDNO:
001471
Title:
Salt Hopper
Date:
undated
Description:
A smoke stack on the right billows steam or smoke, with a processing building in the center.
IDNO:
001472
Title:
Salt Grainer
Date:
undated
Description:
Factory building, grainer.
IDNO:
001473
Title:
Salt Jugs
Date:
undated
Description:
Pipes running into salt jugs.
IDNO:
001474
Title:
Field Adjacent to Salt Works
Date:
undated
IDNO:
001475
Title:
Salt Well
Date:
undated
Description:
A salt well derrick.
IDNO:
001476
Title:
Salt Mine Car
Date:
undated
Description:
A salt mine car tied to a building on the left with a man standing to the right.
IDNO:
001477
Title:
Salt Dryer
Date:
undated
Description:
A building that is believed to be a salt dryer.
IDNO:
001478
Title:
Evaporating Sheds, Salt Manufacturing in Kanawha Valley
Date:
undated
Description:
Factory buildings with a smokestack to the right.
IDNO:
001479
Title:
Salt Well
Date:
undated
Description:
A salt well derrick.
IDNO:
001480
Title:
Salt Works and Reflection in River
Date:
undated
Description:
Factory alongside a river.
IDNO:
001481
Title:
Smokestack and Salt Industry Buildings
Date:
undated
Description:
A smokestack in the center surrounded by salt works buildings.
IDNO:
001482
Title:
Evaporating Sheds, Part of Salt Manufacturing in Kanawha Valley
Date:
undated
Description:
Salt works evaporating sheds.