Salt Production and Use Throughout the Ages [Medieval Professions: Salt Boiling]

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00:00 Intro
00:23 Where does salt come from?
00:49 Prehistoric Salt Production
01:06 Salt in Ancient Rome
01:50 Medieval Salt Production in The English "-wich" Towns
02:36 The Hight of British Salt Production
03:30 Modern Day Salt Production
03:49 The History of Salt Mining
04:40 How Salt Deposits are Formed
05:15 The Different Types of Brine
06:12 Strengthening Brine & Solar Evaporation
06:53 Coastal Salt Production
07:24 Inland Salt Production
07:37 Professions in the Salt Boiling Industry
07:45 Lumpman
08:33 Fireman
09:00 Waller
09:23 Happer
09:36 Lofter
09:54 Loader
10:20 Pan Smith
10:33 Salter/Drysalter/Saucer & Salinator
10:57 Salt Marches at Aigues-Mortes & Guérande
11:59 Difference Between Refined and Unrefined Salt
13:36 Difference Between Table Salt and Coarse Salt
14:12 Outro

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