In the background are "struck gas" evaporating sheds built within a short period of time in Ziliujing Qu, Sichuan, China. There were four hundred salt evaporating pans fuelled by natural gas in these sheds.
Author / Creator | Unknown |
Format | 1 lantern slide : glass, hand color ; 9 x 9 cm. |
Publisher | Publisher unidentified |
Year | between 1902 and 1905. |
HKBU Library collection | China Through the Eyes of CIM Missionaries 中國內地會傳教士眼中的中國 |
Work type | Photograph |
Keyword(s) | Salt industry and trade Sichuan |
Permalink | https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/cim-l004 |
Library record | View the record in HKBU library catalogue |
Wikidata | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110644807 |
CC BY-NC 4.0 |
Cite this image as: "Salt evaporating shed", in Hong Kong Baptist University Library Art Collections, accessed 29/04/2525, https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/cim-l004.