Salt

Timeline

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Place	Locale
0600/00/00			Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains are established to extract salt, or the so-called "White Gold" from the saline water through evaporation.	Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains	Salins-les-Bains
1200/00/00			Bochnia Salt Mine is established between the C12th and C13th.	Bochnia Royal Salt Mine	Bochnia
1200/00/00			Wieliczka Salt Mine opens in the C13th.	Wieliczka Salt Mines	Wieliczka
1775/00/00	Claude Nicolas Ledoux	Architect	Construction begins on a revised semicircular complex at Arc-et-Senans near the immense Chaux Forest to ensure its supply of wood for fuel. The complete plan includes the building of an ideal city forming a perfect circle, like that of the sun.	The Royal Salt Works	Arc-et-Senans
1780/00/00			From 1780 to 1895, salt water from the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains travelle through 21 km of wood pipes to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans.	Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains	Salins-les-Bains
1780/00/00			From 1780 to 1895, salt water from the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains travelle through 21 km of wood pipes to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans.	The Royal Salt Works	Arc-et-Senans
1812/00/00			John Hemphill establishes a salt refinery where Native Indians and French had previously extracted salt.	Bayou Sel	Arkadelphia

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