Saltpeter

Connected Sites: 6

Definition
WHS associated with the manufacture of Saltpeter, a chemical compound also known as potassium nitrate. "Major uses are in fertilizers, tree stump removal, rocket propellants and fireworks. It is one of the major constituents of traditional gunpowder (black powder)." (wiki)

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  • Amphitheater of El Jem
    Amphitheater of El Jem
    Tunisia
    Inscribed: 1979
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    157
    9
    It is believed that the amphitheatre was used as a saltpetre manufacture in the end of the 18th and in the 19th century. (wiki)
  • Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
    Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.03
    267
    7
    Chilehaus was built for Henry Brarens Sloman (1848-1931). He made his fortune in Chile in Saltpeter mining. On returning to Hamburg he commissioned the "Chilehaus" naming it after the source of his wealth
  • Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
    Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
    Japan
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.56
    120
    7
    "Making saltpeter, an ingredient in gunpowder, was an important industry for the region during the Edo Period." There's a Saltpeter museum in Suganuma village
    See www.japan-guide.com
  • Rjukan / Notodden
    Rjukan / Notodden
    Norway
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.43
    79
    6
    "Rjukan was formerly a significant industrial centre in Telemark, and the town was established between 1905 and 1916, when Norsk Hydro started saltpetre (fertilizer) production there. " (wiki)
  • Mammoth Cave
    Mammoth Cave
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.25
    124
    5
    "Saltpetre deposits were discovered on the cave walls and this valuable nitrate was removed and sent to be processed in gunpowder factories between 1809 and 1819." (AB eval)
  • Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
    Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
    Chile
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.20
    42
    7
    "The Chilean saltpeter works are unique in the world. No other rich seams of saltpeter are known to exist and nowhere else has a saltpeter industry developed of the same scope and scale" (AB ev)