Lion Saltworks
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Lion Saltworks by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Lion Saltworks
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 31 Jul 1999
One of the open evaporating pans at this preserved works. I actually saw this site working. Droitwich, where I used to live, operated this system in to the 1920s but at Lion it was in use to the 1980s.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.274555
Longitude
-2.49482