Kettle used to make salt
Title
Kettle used to make salt
Subject
Salt industry and trade; Kettles
Description
Photograph of a sixty gallon kettle used by Conrad Will to make salt on the Big Muddy River. It was transported from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, around 1815. Posing with the kettle is Will's grandson, Edward Worthen.
Creator
Smith, George Washington, 1855-1945
Source
The photograph appears on page 482 of A History of Southern Illinois: A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, its People, and its Principal Interests, by George Washington Smith, 1912.
Date
1912
Rights
Public domain.
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
600 x 552 pixels
Collection
Citation
Smith, George Washington, 1855-1945, “Kettle used to make salt,” SCRC Virtual Museum at Southern Illinois University's Morris Library, accessed April 17, 2024, https://scrcexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/820.
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