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W. Griem, 2012 - 2020
Photo: Ruins of Catalina village in the Atacama Desert - Chile. (Ca50D2228; W.Griem 2012) - Large Photo
Información Foto:
Cámara Canon 50D
Lente: 17-70mm +pol.| Longitud focal:
48mm (76,6/35mm) | Tiempo: 1:125 | ISO100
| mono.
F: f/6.3 | Tamaño original: 4752 x 3168 | Fecha: 2012/02/13/12:50 hrs.
Photo: The Esperanza office in the canton of Taltal; Atacama Desert - Chile. (Ca50D2475; W.Griem 2012) - Large Photo
Información Foto:
Cámara Canon 50D
Lente: 17-70mm +pol.| Longitud focal:
23mm (37/35mm) | Tiempo: 1:200 | ISO100 |
mono.
F: f/9 | Tamaño original: 4752 x 3168 | Fecha: 2012/02/13/15:58 hrs.
Taltal district
The salitrary offices of the canton
Taltal:
Between Chañaral and Antofagasta, in the heights of the inn and gasoline
station "Agua Verde" was located Taltal saltpeter canton. Up to the
present, there is a huge amount of ruins, roads and embankments of the
sector's railways. The technical reinforcements in extracting the
saltpeter were enormous, especially transport, water and energy supply
were not easy problems to solve.
Here are some offices and places that still show the spirit of the past
decades.
Oficina Alemania: One of the last ones that stilI resist in the canton
of Taltal.
Pueblo: The remains of the Matta Office in the middle of the Atacama
desert. The cemetery is still holding out.
Santa Luisa: One of the greatest and best known for its social life.
Portezuelo: Ruins and remains of walls rise to the sky - and no less
than a number of old railway platforms.
Flor de Chile: One of the great salitreras of the canton, to
this day shows impressive ruins.
Airfield Flor de Chile: An airstrip in the
middle of the Atacama desert.
Tricolor: Ruins, ruins - the magnitude of the installations can be seen
- a labyrinth of railway tracks.
Ballena: The big one in conjunction with Delaware - the ruins speak for
themselves.
Cementerio Lilita,
Lilita Cemetery: A small cemetery in the middle of the Atacama Desert.
Esperanza: Solid ruins still hold out - a saltpeter office with the best view
in the world, on the plain of the Atacama Desert.
Ghizela: Foundations and stairs in the middle of the Atacama desert.
Remains of the power engine.
Severin: One of the southernmost offices in conjunction with Catalina
Sur. Wells, ruins etc.
Catalina Sur: The industrial sectors of the plant remain, it was one
of the offices more to the south.
Refresco: Cemetery, station and village: Something stayed in the
middle of the desert
Catalina,
estación Catalina (station Catalina): An abandoned village - in
ruins, here the important railway lines were crossed - an important
station in the middle of the desert.
Estación Ovalo (Ovalo Station): A railway station of considerable
dimensions: here the Santa Luisa and Agua Verde lines were joined
together - today the desert has recovered it.
Historical maps - salitre - nitrate: A selection of mapss that speak
for themselves.
Places of interest
Information about Atacama
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Intro Saltpetre Taltal
Material histórico
Agua Verde
Tricolor
Refresco
Pueblo Catalina
Ballena
Cementerio Lilita
Esperanza
Ghizela
Flor de Chile
Aeródromo
Oficina Severin
Catalina Sur
Oficina Alemania
Pueblo
Santa Luisa
Portezuelo
Ferrocarril en Portezuelo
Ferrocarriles de las salitreras
Agua Verde - Panamericana
Páginas relacionadas
Ilustraciones de Chile - Salitreras
Historia de Atacama
Mining history of Atacama
Distancia entre ....
El desierto Atacama
La Cordillera de Atacama
Animales de Atacama
Flora del desierto Atacama
Mapas de
Atacama
Intro Ruta Altamira
Pampa Austral (km 13,8)
Pedro Montt (km 20,7)
Qda. Carrizalillo (km 44.7)
Frankenstein (km 67,3)
Altamira (km 77,5)
El desierto (km 87)
Paisaje Salitreras (km 116)
Catalina Sur (km 116)
Oficina Severin (km 120)
Agua Verde (km 139)
*Km desde Diego de Almagro
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