walls

taken 16 June 2017
camera Canon EOS 80D
lens EF40mm f/2.8 STM
aperture f/3.2
shutter-speed 1/60
focal-length 40 mm
iso 3200

Miners here used the room and pillar method, mining large square ‘rooms’ and leaving large 40′ square pillars in between as support. Behind makeshift walls like this, we could hear large fans pulling air to workers in actively mined areas.

Strataca, Hutchinson, Kansas

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Albums: Strataca
Keywords: Canon EOS 80D, kansas, mine, museum, salt, strataca, underground

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