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St Monans saltpans and the lost industrial landscape

Fife (Scotland). Regional Council1994
Books, Manuscripts
Salt pans evaporated sea water by burning the lowest grade of coal, known as panwood, which was otherwise unsaleable. But the process was only economically viable if the cost of transporting coal to the pans was minimal. The two processes of coal and salt working were therefore interdependent
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