jn > Harbour at Pedra de Lume
jn > Fishing boats in harbour at Pedra de Lume
jn > Engine house for aerial ropeway, Pedra de Lume
jn > Pylon for aerial ropeway
jn > Pedra de Lume: the aerial ropeway climbed over the crater wall and down to the sea.
jn > A wider view of the salt pans in the crater at Pedra de Lume. The timber pylons were installed about 1919 to support the aerial ropeway that replaced mules for transporting salt to the port.
jn > These salt pans at Pedra de Lume on Sal are in a volcanic crater. Apparently the crater floor is at sea level and the salt water seeps through naturally. The tunnel was dug in the 19th century for the mules that had formerly carried the salt over the rim of the crater.
Harbour at Pedra de Lume
jn > Harbour at Pedra de Lume
Harbour at Pedra de Lume
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