Workers Moving Oil Barrels

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Three workers at a soap factory are moving an oil barrel up an inclined plane made of two planks

Workers pouring oil in the cauldron.

(P. 89.)

Artist

Name:: Morin, Edmond
Dates:: 1824-1882
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Science & Technology
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Les grandes usines, vol. 2
Author:: Turgan, Julien
Publisher:: Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1869
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Three workers at the Arnavon soap factory, Marseille, are moving a barrel of olive oil up an inclined plane made of two planks. The oil contained in the barrels will be poured on lye, before being heated in the cauldron.

The caption reads in the original French: Ouvriers chargeant une cuite, c’est-à-dire versant l’huile dans la chaudière.

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