Caption

Drilling tower from 1864 for the development of a brine spring, 1000 years of salt extraction in Bad Sooden, Allendorf, district of Bad Sooden, shaft depth 334m, salt extraction, town history, graduation tower, white gold, brine, historical wealth, salt production process, Werra-Meissner district, Hesse, Germany

Date

May 22, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Wolfgang Diederich

Reference

BRK26B51_001

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103,4Mb (5,5Mb) / 24,5in x 16,4in / 7360 x 4912 (300dpi)

Keywords

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