Workers Crushing Soda

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Two workers at a soap factory are seen through an arch crushing blocks of soda with shovels

Workshop where soda is crushed.

(P. 93.)

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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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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