Saltpeter
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Amphitheater of El Jem | It is believed that the amphitheatre was used as a saltpetre manufacture in the end of the 18th and in the 19th century. (wiki) | |
| Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works | "The Chilean saltpeter works are unique in the world. No other rich seams of saltpeter are known to exist and nowhere else has a saltpeter industry developed of the same scope and scale" (AB ev) | |
| Mammoth Cave | "Saltpetre deposits were discovered on the cave walls and this valuable nitrate was removed and sent to be processed in gunpowder factories between 1809 and 1819." (AB eval) | |
| Rjukan / Notodden | "Rjukan was formerly a significant industrial centre in Telemark, and the town was established between 1905 and 1916, when Norsk Hydro started saltpetre (fertilizer) production there. " (wiki) | |
| Shirakawa-go and Gokayama | "Making saltpeter, an ingredient in gunpowder, was an important industry for the region during the Edo Period." There's a Saltpeter museum in Suganuma village | |
| Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District | Chilehaus was built for Henry Brarens Sloman (1848-1931). He made his fortune in Chile in Saltpeter mining. On returning to Hamburg he commissioned the "Chilehaus" naming it after the source of his wealth |
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