Oficina Salitrera Humberstone

Humberstone was a flourishing mining town, and had all the modern confort : a theatre, an olympic swimming pool... Nitrate was the main product of the region. In 1940, quite 3.700 peoples were living there. The town was closed in the sixites.

There is a weird atmosphere in this place, a mix of western and Mad-Max. I always enjoyed industrial architecture, so I enjoyed this place and Santa Laura. Maybe, this place will be on the list of World Heritage of UNESCO.

If you want to go there, take care, this is a dangerous place.

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Last update of this page : 08-10-2008