An electric long-wall cutter biting into pure salt while the electric drill bores holes for dynamite sticks, miners work in a 50 degree angle

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ID: X-17964
DATE: [1944?]
CREATOR: Unknown

COLLECTION NAME: CN Images of Canada Collection
EXTENT: 1 BW Negative(s)
LOCATION: Malagash, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Repository: CSTM Archives
Other titles: Malagash Salt Mine - Nova Scotia. Canada's biggest salt mine, largest in the British Empire, goes all out in a spectacular war effort. This deposit, more than 100 miles long and 400 feet wide is the largest in northern hemisphere. It is snow white and 98.5% pure, contains more potash, another vital war chemical, than any other salt mine in the world save Stassfurt, Germany. Photo shows the long wall cutter and driller at work. This is big time in salt mining operations. Here is an electric long-wall cutter biting into pure salt, cutting slab three feet thick - the garden like terraced effect is the way the long wall cutter finished the job. The electric drill is boring holes for dynamite sticks. Men work in a 50 degree angle here, 1200 feet underground and the temperature is always 58 degrees.
Scope and Content: Unknown
Caption: N/A
Language: N/A
Legacy ID: CN005082
Notes: N/A
Keywords: ['World War, 1939-1945; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945']
Rights: Public domain/Domaine public (Canada)
Record Created: 2017-11-21T18:36:10Z
Record Updated: 2023-07-11T17:23:00Z

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