The main building. Many other buildings were destroyed after the saltworks ceased operating in the 2nd half of the 20th century.
The well and some of the machinery used to pump the water and send it to the main building for heating (a few meters away) were located in galleries built from…
Wheel used to power up the water pump, which was operated thanks to horses until 1750.
Wooden mechanism linking the source of energy (the wheel) to the pump.
The boiling pan, where water was evaporated.
Salt was manually collected by human workers in very harsh conditions.
Salt was manually collected by human workers in very harsh conditions.
Wooden pipes used to carry the water from Salins-les-bains to Arc-et-Senans 20km away.
Arc-et-Senans was located near a forest, a source of energy for boiling…
Arc-et-Senans was located near a forest, a source of energy for boiling…
Water with a high salt concentration (>300g/liter, 10 times higher than in sea water) was extracted in the saltworks of…