Thursday, July 22, 2021

Royal Hungarian salt mine (circa 1940)

 


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  1. then there's the Cayuga Salt Mine below the New York Finger Lakes
    and that's why Cornell men have always been considered salty

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  2. I wonder how long it took to take out that much salt?

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  3. Are the ceiling and the columns that support it also made of salt?

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  4. .....And a few years later it was probably the storage vault for Nazi Gen. Goering's stolen priceless artifacts.

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  5. Yes, the columns and roof are all rock salt. Have not been in that one but have visited the salt mine/cathedral in Bogota, Colombia. A bit scary to think what is holding up thousands of tons of dirt and salt is just more salt. What is nice is a cool temperature and brine smell.

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  6. Wrong location: is not in Hungary, is Romania- in Ocna Dejului, temporarily occupied by Hungary due the Ribbentop-Molotov Treaty.
    "Ocna" means salt mine.
    Actually, in Hungary has no salt mine... occupied land within Austo-Hungarian Empire.

    See the article written by a Hungarian:
    https://gizmodo.com/15-incredible-underground-salt-mines-hidden-deep-below-1570065606
    "These Incredible Salt Mines Are Like Another World Beneath Our Feet"
    By Attila Nagy
    ....
    Inside the Royal Hungarian Salt Mine of Désakna (now: Ocna Dejului, Romania), circa 1940.
    Picture:
    https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965/tiszxomekvd5f2njhaut.jpg

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