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PMR102K-06 Chile, Tarapacá: Humberstone Saltpetre Works which produced saltpetre and iodene from 1864 until 1960 when it closed its gates due to falling demand. The works and the deserted company town are now an industrial museum. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. A wooden wagon full of ore nodules, the usual means of transport inside the works. Keywords: ghost town, mining industry, workers' town, pampinos, saltpeter

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Chile, Tarapacá: Humberstone Saltpetre Works which produced saltpetre and iodene

from 1864 until 1960 when it closed its gates due to falling demand. The works and the deserted company town are now an industrial museum. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. A wooden wagon full of ore nodules, the usual means of transport inside the works.
Keywords: ghost town, mining industry, workers' town, pampinos, saltpeter