Humberstone engines
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In one of the workshop shed from that era, there are a number of engines and parts of the vehicles that were used to transport goods in and out of the town.
In one of the workshop shed from that era, there are a number of engines and parts of the vehicles that were used to transport goods in and out of the town.
Visite de la cité désaffectée d'Humberstone, ancienne mine de salpêtre.
It was about 8 pm by now. The sun had set behind the hills. We continued walking further and saw more geoglyphs on every fold and surface of the hills there.
We saw the crushing and milling plants. Some parts are well preserved, others, totally rusted and broken. It was 12:20 pm by now so we rushed back to Humberstone for the guided tour.
Humberstone ist eine Geisterstadt in der Wüste bei Iquique und war in den 30er Jahren der weltweit größte Standort, zum Abbau von Salpeter. Das war einer der Gründe für den wirtschaftlichenLäs mer
We went into the 2nd cave. It was similar to the 1st one but much shorter at around 7-8 mts deep. Here too, the water was about 1 meter deep.
My phone the Samsung Galaxy S7 is waterproof so I tried using it for underwater photography. The results were quite lovely actually.
In the left cave, we found the source of the hot water bubbling out from below. I managed to capture that on the phone camera.
We first visited the area where the raw materials used to be tranported in. There were remains of the tool room and machines from that era. Most of them imported from England.
Schon abgefahren, da fährt man fast 2 Stunden durch die wüst und auf einmal ist da ein kleines Dorf, voller Grün und einem riesigen HotSpring Pool.
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Juggernaut engine,steel wheels,kaccha roads, .....must be a strange sight ?
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Must had a very advanced technology in casting,fabrication & machining of 6 cylinder engines. Hats off.....
The Craze for Travelling
Yeah.. and eerie as well.
The Craze for Travelling
Yup.. and this is more than 100 years old.