Queueing for salt
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Queueing for salt by Andrew Fielding as part of the Geograph project.
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Queueing for salt
Image: © Andrew Fielding Taken: 7 Jan 2009
On 7 January 2009 the country was sufferring the coldest for 7 years. Temperatures dipped to -11 degrees C the queue to this point is 2.5km in length, not including the many lorries waiting inside the mine perimeter to be loaded with rock salt. Photograph is looking up Bradford Road with the River Weaver to the east.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.194091
Longitude
-2.519038