Sanghai Well

Worth a visit

This is the first well which reached 1000 m depth in 1835. You can see the whole process of making salt. Worth a visit.

Still producing well

Historic relics of salt production along with a section that is still producing salt with low pressure natural gas evaporation. Has a small shop that sells salt products billed as "the best salt to m...

Interesting History: Small Site

The history of this place is very interesting as it's the oldest and deepest salt mine still operating. However, there is just one winch, one derrick, and few salt cauldrons to see. It's interesting ...

Excellent display of industrial history

The Sanghai well was the first well in the world to reach a depth of more than 1000 metres, in the 1850s. The whole industrial site is remarkably well preserved and brine is still pumped here to produ...

Nice follow up to Salt Museum visit.

I recommend visiting the Salt Museum first as the enormous wooden structures make more sense after seeing how they are incorporated in the production process. This does have the advantage of being an...