Headframe
Wieliczka Salt Mine. Headframe over the Daniłowicza Shaft. A headframe is the top of a mine hoist or lift.
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines UNESCO World Heritage site. Inscribed in 1978.
"Salt Mines of Wieliczka. ... These mines, the greatest depth of which is 980 ft., employ over 1400 hands. Total length of the mines from E. to W., 2 1/2 M.; breadth, from N. to S., 1040 yds. The different levels are connected by flights of steps and are pierced by a labyrinth of passages, the aggregate length of which is computed at 78 M. The mines contain two ponds, which have boats in on them. Many of the disused chambers, some of which are 100-120 ft. in height, are employed as magazines, and some of them are embellished with candelabra, etc., hewn in rock-salt. There are also several chapels with altars, statues, and other ornaments in rock-salt".--Baedeker 1914. DSC_0573
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