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Pumping brine made parts of Cheshire sink
As brine was pumped from underground salt beds, the ground above sank. Britain passed an act in 1891 to compensate people whose property was damaged by brine pumping, and in 1907 subsidence near Northwich burst a canal bank.
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The Salt Almanac. (2026, November 8). Pumping brine made parts of cheshire sink. https://saltalmanac.com/did-you-know/brine-pumping-subsidence
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Original sources
- Calvert, A.F. Salt and the Salt Industry. Pitman, 1919. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69590