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Story: Salt

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Sea salt

  3. Early industry at Lake Grassmere

  4. Salt making at Lake Grassmere

  5. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Sea salt

Salt crystals

Salt crystals

Salting food

Salting food (1st of 2)

Salt shakers

Salt shakers (2nd of 2)

New Zealand’s earliest salt production

New Zealand’s earliest salt production (1st of 2)

A government bonus

A government bonus (2nd of 2)

A bucket of salt

A bucket of salt

Goitre

Goitre

From page 2 - Early industry at Lake Grassmere

Lake Grassmere before 1940

Lake Grassmere before 1940

Annual sunshine hours and salt production

Annual sunshine hours and salt production

First salt harvest, April 1949

First salt harvest, April 1949

Lake Grassmere’s pond system

Lake Grassmere’s pond system (1st of 2)

How salt water is concentrated

How salt water is concentrated (2nd of 2)

Transporting the salt harvest

Transporting the salt harvest

Mt Maunganui salt plant

Mt Maunganui salt plant

From page 3 - Salt making at Lake Grassmere

Lake Grassmere today

Lake Grassmere today

Crystallisation ponds and salt piles

Crystallisation ponds and salt piles

Making salt

Making salt

Salt products

Salt products (1st of 2)

Cattle licking a salt block

Cattle licking a salt block (2nd of 2)

How to cite this page:

Carl Walrond, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/salt/media (accessed 20 May 2022)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 12 Jun 2006

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