Salt dome, Meadowbank Mine
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Salt dome, Meadowbank Mine
Image: © David Kitching Taken: 1 Sep 2005
To stop the mined salt being blown across the district it is disgorged from the conveyors into this dome. From here it is taken by loading shovel to the stockpiles.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.208824
Longitude
-2.521013