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Pipes running along side the exterior of a wall.

1417. Pipes To Preheater from Settling Tank

Salt well.  Two men are standing in the distance next to a telephone pole.

1418. Salt Wells

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.

1419. Genuine Kanawha Salt Bags

A salt well derrick in the midst of winter.

1420. One of the First Salt Wells Drilled for J.Q. Dickinson & Company

Salt well and salt dryer (in background) in the wintertime.

1421. Salt Well and Salt Dryer (In Background)

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.

1422. Brine Storage Tank

Steam engine that was used for working on the salt wells.

1423. Steam Engine for Working on Salt Well

Salt on the assembly line.

1424. Interior of a Salt Factory

Interior of a grainer building.

1425. Interior of Grainer

A salt water reserve tank.

1426. Brine Storage Tank

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.

1427. Collage Images of the Salt Industry

Picture of shed, smokestack is on left, grainer is behind. Coal brought in here. Small Stack on right is storage for cinders.

1428. Shed, Smokestack and Grainer in Salt Camp