Workers Crushing Soda

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Workshop where soda is crushed.

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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
Open Library:
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Description:

Two workers at the Arnavon soap factory, Marseille, are seen through a semi-circular arch crushing blocks of soda with shovels. This workshop was known in local usage as the picadou.

The caption reads in the original French: Le picadou. — Atelier où se concasse la soude.

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