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11-24-2012, 05:04 PM #11Grip it and Rip it
If you are going to over build it why have it post heat treated?
From what I have read most high end mountain bike builders do not post heat treat their frames.
They say stuff like "6061 heat treated to T6 TIG welded frame"
That just means that the material they started with was heat treated.
The only reason for heat treating a frame would be that your design was running close to the wind and that is why I suggested the engineering input.
Some more advise make it out of round or oval.
Square section is stronger than round for the same depth member but square will hurt more during an accident.
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Actually, just thinking about it, I would buy a cheap mountain bike from Wall Mart and convert it.
You get a mono shock, forks, handle bars, steering head, seat and post, aluminium frame........
The shock and forks would cost you more than the bike if you bought them seperately.
Still a great project and you still get to TIG weld aluminium.
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I would buy a bike and convert it if i could but this is my design here so that wouldnt work.
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What would you consider over built for my purpose? 2-3mm?
Are you going to have a rear shock?
The rear ski post connections will be in shear (not the best for load carrying nor for accidents, looks kinda sharp).
The thickness of tube really in this case has more to do with weldability.
I would have to know the loads to be able to advise.
That is the problem with new designs.
Most manufacturers fabricating a new device over build then test it to death. Once something lets go or bends they see where the loads are high and reinforce the next generation.
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Just a suggestion.
Can you get your hands on a tube bender?
If so try and bend the rear ski posts like so.
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the whole point is that there are pivots for the two rear skis so when you lean over both skis will edge. If you are still confused search for north legion smx in images. no shock though, when you say loads do you mean my weight or the forces being applied to the frame.
Thanks for your help man! I cant even begin to tell you how much I appreciate it!
Yes I mean your weight including clothes, safety gear, back pack, water........
Also will you be jumping this thing? if so what height and to a flat landing or to a down ramp?
Consider this like a design committee and take on board all the ideas, think about them and then make up your mind.
I have raced motocross since the seventies. The two rear skis look dangerous to me. If you snag a foot it will get ripped back under the frame and could break your ankle. I have done this a few times on my foot pegs and they are designed to fold back.
The two rear horizontal members transferring the seated load to the ski posts will be in bending moment. They will have to be designed correctly as they will carry load and will deflect. Can you instead make another triangle with its apex at the seat post and the legs going down to the skis on a say 30 degree angle.
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You lost me in both of the last 2 paragraphs
Okay I will do a little drawing.
If you don't keep your feet up your toe can get snagged into a rut and left behind as the bike goes over the top of it. your calf hits the frame and break you get a trip to the doctors.
It all depends if you will be wearing skis or just boots when you ride this bike.
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Pre-programmed for over 300,000 devices, the Philips Prestigo line of remote controls feature a large color touch screen and the ability to connect to your computer for programming and reprogramming. They're easy to use, simple to program, and can replace the mess of remote controls already on your coffee table or nightstand and control all of the gear connected to your computer. They may not be the most popular, but they've earned a loyal following, and their programming tool is surprisingly robust, with custom buttons, images and icons, and more.
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The Logitech Harmony line of universal remotes practically defines this category, so it's no surprise that it brought in the most nominations. Logitech offers a wide array of Harmony remotes, from the low-end Harmony 200 and 300, which can control all of your gear, but don't waste space or battery with things like backlighting or custom commands, all the way up to the ridiculously popular Harmony One, with its rechargable battery, programmable buttons, and touchscreen, and even higher with the Harmony 1100, which is something of a tablet control for your home entertainment center. As with many other manufacturers, the price you'll pay for the convenience varies wit the features you want, but it's safe to say Logitech has a Harmony that's right for you. Photo by Stefan Ledwina.
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Notwithstanding the �fiscal cliff� that would impact the Free State more than most, Maryland showed a few more signs of recovering from the Great Recession in 2012, though progress was slow.
The state added about 15,000 jobs between January and November, according to federal figures, fewer than the previous two years, when there was a combined gain of some 60,000. But even a smaller gain was better than losses in 2008 and 2009, analysts said.
With its large number of federal agencies and contractors, Maryland is probably the nation�s most federally dependent state, said Anirban Basu, chairman and CEO of Baltimore economic and policy consulting firm Sage Policy Group. That makes the state�s job hiring more susceptible to events like the looming fiscal cliff, which threatens drastic federal budget cuts, he said.
�Maryland is among the most impacted not only by the fiscal cliff but also the mere threat of the fiscal cliff,� Basu said.
The private sector drove the job increase in Maryland as government positions declined by about 7,000 so far this year. That�s despite military bases and surrounding private contractors adding a significant number of employees this year, with about 12,000 at Fort Meade alone, according to figures from the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. Some of those were contractors.
Other major job gains this year were seen by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which has its headquarters in Silver Spring, up 2,720; Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System in Baltimore, up 1,520; and MedStar Health in Columbia, up 920.
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Gambling triumphed this year, with Maryland Live! opening at Arundel Mills in June and voters approving around-the-clock gambling and table games to all licensed slots locations in the state.
Maryland Live!�s arrival brought 3,200 slot machines online and made it the third location to offer slots in Maryland, along with Hollywood Casino Perryville and the Casino at Ocean Downs in Berlin. Soon after, Maryland Live! owner Cordish Cos. in Baltimore faced a new potential market threat when Prince George�s County proposed a $800 million, Las Vegas-style MGM Resorts International casino at the National Harbor development in Oxon Hill.
Hollywood owner Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing, Pa., also owner of Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, contested the proposal, which was backed by major Prince George�s developers and executives.
The option for a Prince George�s license was tied into the state referendum to expand casino gambling around-the-clock and initiate table games. More than $93 million was spent on both sides of the issue leading up to the election, according to the state Board of Elections. The measure passed 52-48 percent in November.
Maryland Live! has implemented 24-hour gambling and anticipates adding 150 table games — blackjack, roulette, craps, sic bo and baccarat — to its casino. That could mean the removal of no more than 10 percent of the existing slot machines, according to Cordish officials. Cordish also plans to hire 1,200 more people and is hosting a free, 12-week casino dealer course through Anne Arundel Community College.
Another controversal referendum topic that passed this year was the same-sex marriage bill. Maryland�s wedding industry is still figuring out how to position itself to benefit from the new market after the measure passed 51.2-48.8 percent in November. Some businesses and some tourism offices, such as Visit Baltimore, have launched website directories to help same-sex couples find vendors.
The state�s thoroughbred racing industry also came to consensus after many years of in-fighting. The Maryland Racing Commission approved a 10-year plan Dec. 21 that provides 146 days of live racing at the state�s two thoroughbred tracks in 2013.
The agreement then calls for a 100-day minimum that will be enhanced through a revenue-sharing program between track owner Frank Stronach and the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen�s Association for the duration. Rosecroft and the state�s thoroughbred industry also reached agreement on simulcast licenses, ending a three-year dispute.
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InvestMaryland, Gov. Martin O�Malley�s $84 million initiative to pump investment into new high-tech businesses through approved venture capitalists, saw a promising first year.
The state originally had planned to raise $70 million for the program through an online auction of tax credits to insurance companies that operate in Maryland and exceeded that goal by $14 million. InvestMaryland has injected more than $2.5 million into six programs through the Maryland Venture Fund, with Hunt Valley venture capital firm Grotech Ventures the first to receive $12 million.
Maryland started out fiscal year 2012 with negative fluctuations in venture capital investment overall for its first two quarters, but investment picked back up by the third. Investment fell to $25.5 million in the second quarter, the first time such investments had fallen below $30 million since the fourth quarter of 1996.
But the third quarter�s total of $158 million was the most investment in the state in a single quarter since the third quarter of 2010.
�It appears much more activity has been going on in the entrepreneurship sector,� said Robert Rosenbaum, president and executive director of Maryland Technology Development Corp. in Columbia. �When there�s good deals, money will follow.�
Following in the same vein of InvestMaryland, Prince George's County�s own $50 million Economic Development Fund, which began taking applications in March, has pumped $2.4 million into six county businesses, securing $26 million in private investment, according to county information.
�If you can find me anyone who said that was possible two years ago, I�ve got the Brooklyn Bridge I�d like to sell you,� Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) said during a recent news conference. �Now we have people looking here [to do business] because we are willing to take the risk along with them.�
Projects move forward
In downtown Bethesda and North Bethesda, some 20 projects are under construction or being planned.
A mixed-use project at Woodmont and Bethesda avenues, known as Lot 31, will include up to 250 residential units and 40,000 square feet of retail, as well as about 1,200 underground parking spaces, said Doug Firstenberg, principal of StonebridgeCarras. The Bethesda development firm is spearheading the $200 million project with Montgomery County and PN Hoffman of Washington, D.C.
The first phase of residential and retail space should be open by 2015, he said.
Another under way is the Gallery of Bethesda at Auburn and Rugby avenues being developed by Donohoe Development Co. of Washington, D.C. That project is planned to have 234 apartments and 4,660 square feet of retail by 2014. A second phase is planned to be completed by 2015.
Pike & Rose broke ground this year on a massive project to replace the Mid-Pike Plaza shopping center at Old Georgetown Road and Rockville Pike with a Town Center-type development. The first phase, with 150,000 square feet of retail, 80,000 square feet of office and some 500 residential units, is slated to open in 2014.
In Prince George�s, the 460,000-square-foot Tanger Outlets in National Harbor began construction last month and will feature up to 80 high-end stores in eight buildings. Other Tanger Outlets feature retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Nike, Gap, Brooks Brothers, Tommy Hilfiger, Under Armour and J. Crew.
Montgomery, Prince George�s battle for new FBI headquarters
Montgomery County was the latest entity to join the competition for a new FBI headquarters with some 11,000 jobs. Prince George�s, Fairfax and Alexandria are also bidding on the project.
The General Services Administration is seeking a 2.1 million-square-foot complex for a new headquarters for the FBI, which is now in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in downtown Washington, D.C. That building opened in 1974 and is obsolete, officials say.
�This is a once-in-a-generation federal relocation opportunity,� Prince George�s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) said in a statement.
In Prince George�s County, a plan to move the state Department of Housing and Community Development to near the New Carrollton Metro Station fell apart in October when project developer Grand Central Development could not secure financing. Another request for proposal was issued this month, with state and county officials saying they would like to keep it in Prince George's.
Companies bought out
Maryland could be down to three Fortune 500 companies next year after having as many as seven in 2009.
Baltimore�s Constellation Energy Group, the state�s second-largest business on last year�s Fortune 500 list with $13.8 billion in revenues in 2011, completed its sale to Chicago power giant Exelon in March.
Rockville pharmacy benefits manager Catalyst Health Solutions, the fifth largest with $5.3 billion in revenues, was also acquired by another Illinois company, SXC Health Solutions.
And Bethesda medical insurance company Coventry Health Care — the fourth largest with revenues of $12.2 billion — agreed to be acquired by health insurance giant Aetna in a $5.7 billion cash-and-stock transaction. That deal could close by mid-2013.
Personnel changes
Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development Secretary Christian S. Johansson announced this month that he is leaving in January for a private-sector job after four years in the position. Deputy Secretary Dominick Murray will take over.
Bethesda defense and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, the largest business in Maryland with $46.5 billion in revenues last year, announced that CEO Robert Stevens will retire in January. Bethesda hotel giant Marriott International, the third-biggest company in the state with revenues of $12.3 billion last year, also saw longtime CEO J.W. Marriott Jr. step down.
The Tech Council of Maryland renewed its search for a CEO after Art Jacoby announced last month that he will step down in February. Jacoby took over in August, after Renee Winsky resigned in December 2011. He was chosen from a list of 125 applicants, said council chairman Larry Letow president and COO of Convergence Technology Consulting in Glen Burnie. The council expects to see a similar number of applicants this time, Letow said.
�The thing that�s very exciting is we�re going to have new leadership in place,� Letow said, adding that the council is watching to see what changes in personnel occur at the state, local and federal government levels. �Leadership changes influence the climate and require the develoment of new relationships. They can delay or enhance things getting done.�
The Maryland Chamber of Commerce also saw some personnel changes, with Matthew J. Palmer stepping in to lead the chamber�s lobbyist team following the departure of Ronald Wineholt. Palmer, senior vice president of government affairs, represents the first major shift for the team in nine years.
New laws
The state chamber played a lot of defense in the legislative session this year, opposing bills that could have made the state less competitive in attracting and retaining employers, president and CEO Kathleen Snyder said. Some 90 percent of legislation the organization lobbied against did not pass, such as combined reporting, which would require companies that operate in multiple states to pay a portion of all combined profits based on revenues in those states and other factors, and expanding the sales tax.
Many that did pass — like a review of tax credits for biotech investment, research and development, and other expenses, and the new health insurance exchange system — were amended to make them more agreeable to businesses, she said. The new federal health law authorizes the exchange, a network in which businesses and individuals can purchase medical insurance, to contract with health insurance carriers and establishes the framework for a small-business program.
Among bills that were amended were a tax credit proposal that deleted a proposed automatic termination provision, and the health insurance exchange bill that some say makes it more difficult for the exchange board to exclude health insurance carriers after 2016.
The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce focused on legislation that would strengthen small businesses, said Georgette �Gigi� Godwin, president and CEO of the organization.
Two key bills that passed that the chamber worked on loosen restrictions on small businesses seeking to qualify for the state reserve contracting program, and allows a state tax credit for certain costs incurred by a business to obtain security clearances for employees and to construct or renovate a facility within Maryland where sensitive information may be stored.
Many of the counties� small businesses are government contractors, Godwin said.
The contracting legislation was authored by Del. Kirill Reznik (D-Dist. 39) of Germantown and Sen. Karen S. Montgomery (D-Dist. 14) of Brookeville. The Small Business Reserve Program, created in 2004, requires 23 state agencies to reserve at least 10 percent of the dollar value of their procurements for bids by certified small businesses.
But the total has remained below that goal, reaching 6.2 percent in fiscal 2010, up from 5.6 percent in fiscal 2009, according to state figures.
The security clearance proposal, sponsored by Sen. Roger Manno (D-Dist. 19) of Silver Spring, is administered by the Department of Business and Economic Development and awards a maximum of $2 million in credits each year. It will be another incentive to attract and retain government contractors, Godwin said.
One setback to many business leaders was the failure of lawmakers to triple funding for the state�s research and development income tax credit — from $6 million to $18 million. The legislation unanimously passed the Senate but bogged down in the House.
Transportation funding was among the issues left unaddressed, as the rising price of gasoline and diesel fuel was a key factor in thwarting a measure to tie a fuel tax increase to road and transportation improvements. Some business groups, including the Greater Baltimore Committee and state chamber, supported hiking the tax, which has not been raised since 1992.
Raising the tax on gasoline would have been disastrous to most businesses, especially those that rely on deliveries and already have had to adjust prices, said Elda Devarie, president and CEO of EMD Sales. The ethnic food distribution business, which has a fleet of trucks, started in Landover before moving last year to Baltimore.
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Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Humberstone and Santa Laura works contain over 200 former saltpeter works where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal pampinos culture. That culture is manifest in their rich language, creativity, and solidarity, and, above all, in their pioneering struggle for social justice, which had a profound impact on social history. Situated in the remote Pampas, one of the driest deserts on Earth, thousands of pampinos lived and worked in this hostile environment for over 60 years, from 1880, to process the largest deposit of saltpeter in the world, producing the fertilizer sodium nitrate that was to transform agricultural lands in North and South America, and in Europe, and produce great wealth for Chile. Because of the vulnerability of the structures and the impact of a recent earthquake, the site was also placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger to help mobilize resources for its conservation.
Usines de salpêtre de Humberstone et de Santa Laura
Les usines de Humberstone et de Santa Laura représentent plus de 200 anciens sites d'extraction du salpêtre, où des ouvriers, venus du Chili, du Pérou et de Bolivie, vécurent dans des cités minières et forgèrent une culture pampina commune. Cette culture se manifeste dans la richesse de la langue, la créativité et les liens de solidarité, et surtout dans les luttes pionnières menées par les pampinos pour la justice sociale, luttes dont l'impact fut profond sur l'histoire sociale. Installés dans la Pampa désertique et reculée, l'un des déserts les plus arides du globe, des milliers de pampinos ont vécu et travaillé, à partir de 1880 et pendant plus de soixante ans, dans un environnement hostile pour exploiter le plus grand gisement de salpêtre du monde et produire le nitrate de soude, un engrais qui allait transformer le paysage agricole de l'Amérique du Nord et du Sud, ainsi que celui de l'Europe, tout en procurant de grandes richesses au Chili.
مصانع نترات الصوديوم في همبرستون وسانتا لاورا
تمثل مصانع همبرستون وسانتا لاورا أكثر من200 موقع قديم لاستخراج نترات الصوديوم، حيث كان يعيش العمال القادمون من شيلي والبيرو وبوليفيا في مدن منجمية. وقد استحدثوا ثقافة مشتركة تبرز من خلال ثراء اللغة والإبداع وعلاقات التضامن، وبالأخص عبر أولى حركات النضال التي قادها هؤلاء في سبيل العدالة الاجتماعية والتي كان أثرها عميقاً على التاريخ الاجتماعي. استقر العمال في سهول البامبا الشاسعة والنائية، في إحدى الصحارى القاحلة، حيث عاش آلاف العمال وعملوا، بدءاً من العام 1880 وطوال أكثر من 60 عاماً، في بيئة معادية، من أجل استغلال أكبر منجم لإنتاج نترات الصوديوم في العالم، ذاك السماد الذي أحدث تغييراً جذرياً في المنظر الزراعي في أميركا الشمالية والجنوبية وفي أوروبا، وعاد بثروات كبرى على شيلي.
source: UNESCO/ERI
亨伯斯通和圣劳拉硝石采石场遗址由200多个以前的采矿点组成,来自智利、秘鲁和玻利维亚的工人就居住在企业生活区中,形成了独特的社区文化。这种文化体现于丰富的语言、创造力和团结力上,尤其是争取社会公正的先锋精神,这对社会历史有着深远的影响。此处遗址位于地球上最干燥的沙漠之一,偏远的潘帕沙漠地区(desert Pampa)。从1880年开始,成千上万名来自智利、秘鲁和玻利维亚的矿工就在这样恶劣的环境下生活和工作了60多年,开采世界上最大的硝石矿,生产化肥硝酸钠,用于改造北美洲和南美洲以及欧洲的农田,并为智利创造了巨大财富。由于这里的建筑物容易遭到破坏,最近又受到地震影响,这里已列入了《濒危世界遗产名录》,以便募集资源,对其实施保护。
source: UNESCO/ERI
Производства селитры Хамберстон и Санта-Лаура
Предприятия Хамберстон и Санта-Лаура включают свыше 200 бывших разработок селитры, где в городках добывающей компании жили рабочие из Чили, Перу и Боливии, формируя характерную культуру проживания «пампинос». Эта культура отличалась богатым языком, духом творчества и солидарности, а более всего – своей борьбой за социальную справедливость, которая оказала глубокое воздействие на дальнейший ход исторических событий в этом регионе. Находясь в отдаленной «пампе» – одной из самых безводных пустынь на земле, тысячи «пампинос» жили и работали в неблагоприятных природных условиях более 60 лет, начиная с 1880 г., чтобы освоить крупнейшее в мире месторождение селитры. Произведенное на этой основе удобрение, которое преобразило сельскохозяйственные земли в Северной и Южной Америке и в Европе, принесло Чили огромное богатство.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Oficinas salitreras de Humberstone y Santa Laura
Las oficinas de Humberstone y Santa Laura cuentan con un total de 200 lugares de extracción del salitre, donde trabajadores llegados de Chile, Perú y Bolivia vivieron agrupados en campamentos de las compañías mineras. Aquí forjaron la cultura comunitaria específica de los pampinos, caracterizada por su creatividad, la riqueza de su expresión lingüística, los vínculos solidarios entre sus miembros y su lucha precursora por la justicia social, que dejaría una honda huella en la historia de los movimientos sociales. A estas y otras oficinas salitreras instaladas en el desierto de la Pampa –una de las zonas mí¡s í¡ridas del planeta y mí¡s hostiles al ser humano– acudieron miles de pampinos desde 1880 para vivir y trabajar en ellas por espacio de sesenta años, a fin de extraer del yacimiento de salitre mí¡s grande del mundo el nitrato de sodio, fertilizante que transformó la agricultura en las dos Américas y en Europa, proporcionando a Chile una riqueza considerable.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: NFUAJ
Salpeterfabrieken van Humberstone en Santa Laura
De Salpeterfabrieken van Humberstone en Santa Laura omvatten meer dan 200 voormalige salpeterfabrieken waar werknemers uit Chili, Peru en Bolivia woonden in bedrijfssteden. Hierdoor ontstond een onderscheidende gemeenschappelijke pampinos cultuur, die tot uitdrukking kwam in hun rijke taal, creativiteit, solidariteit, en vooral in hun baanbrekende strijd voor sociale rechtvaardigheid, die een grote invloed op de sociale geschiedenis heeft gehad. Humberstone en Santa Laura liggen in de afgelegen Pampas, een van de droogste woestijnen op aarde. Vanaf 1880 woonden en werkten duizenden pampinos hier 60 jaar lang om het grootste salpeterdepot ter wereld te verwerken tot kaliumnitraat, de landbouwmeststof die Chili grote welvaart bracht.
Source: unesco.nl
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief Synthesis
In the remote desert Pampa, one of the driest deserts on earth, thousands of people lived and worked from the first half of the 19th century to process the largest deposit of saltpeter in the world, producing the fertiliser sodium nitrate that was to transform agricultural land in North and South America, and Europe, and produce great wealth for Chile.
Humberstone and Santa Laura works are the best preserved and most representative remains of a series of over 200 saltpeter works that once existed, all of which were interconnected by a specially built modern railway system, and constitute an exceptional testimony to technological progress and global exchanges which were the cornerstone of the industrial era. In this area, workers, drawn from Chile, Peru and Bolivia, to this hostile environment, lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal Pampinos culture, manifest in their own rich language, creativity, and solidarity, and above all in pioneering struggles for social justice, that had a profound impact generally on social history.
The industrial heritage site was developed from 1872 and until mid 20th century; it is located 45 km. from the port of Iquique in the midst of a desert landscape. The property covers a surface area of 573.48 hectares, with a buffer zone of 12,055 hectares that encompasses the two main sites which stand at a distance of approximately 1 km from each other. These complement each other, because the industrial area of Santa Laura is better conserved, while Humberstone has better preserved residential and service areas.
The site of Santa Laura conserves the remains of the industrial installations that were used for saltpeter processing such as industrial installations and equipment, including the only leaching shed and a saltpeter grinder that remain intact today, installations for manufacturing iodine, for energy production and buildings such as the administration house and the main square. The Humberstone site contains the attributes that express the quality of urban settlements, such as the living quarters, public spaces and the regular grid pattern of the Camp, with a main square around which communal buildings are clustered. Other relevant attributes are the remains of the railway line that linked Santa Laura and Humberstone, the gravel heaps, the construction techniques, architectural styles and materials, in particular the costrón and the Pampa concrete, distinctive construction materials together with the calamine and timber that were brought from other latitudes.
The remains of saltpeter works are also present in the buffer zone which is also significant for the conservation of the characteristics of the natural setting of the Pampa which illustrate the relationship between the built environment and the adaptation to the natural setting.
The two saltpeter works are the most representative remaining vestiges of an industry that transformed the lives of a large proportion of the population of Chile, brought great wealth to the country. The output of the industry, nitrate fertilisers, had indirectly a transforming influence on existing agricultural lands in Europe, and on newly cultivated land in other latitudes and indirectly supported the agricultural revolution of the late 19th century in many parts of the world. The remaining buildings are testimony to the social order and technical processes that drove the industry.
The pioneering social agenda of the saltpeter workers' unions had far-reaching effects on labour laws throughout Chile and further afield. The distinctive culture of the Pampinos that evolved in association with the industry, which expresses the language, the memory of the saltpeter culture and its influence on social process, has resonance amongst the local population today and is another important attribute of the property. The place still has a strong symbolic and evocative association for the people from the Pampa, former workers and their families, who use the place for meetings and commemorations such as Saltpeter Week.
Criterion (ii): The development of the saltpeter industry reflects the combined knowledge, skills, technology, and financial investment of a diverse community of people who were brought together from around South America, and from Europe. The saltpeter industry became a huge cultural exchange complex where ideas were quickly absorbed and exploited. The two works represent this process.
Criterion (iii): The saltpeter mines and their associated company towns developed into an extensive and very distinct urban community with its own language, organisation, customs, and creative expressions, as well as displaying technical entrepreneurship. The two nominated works represent this distinctive culture.
Criterion (iv): The saltpeter mines in the north of Chile together became the largest producers of natural saltpeter in the world, transforming the Pampa and indirectly the agricultural lands that benefited from the fertilisers the works produced. The two works represent this transformation process.
The attributes at the nucleus of the complex of the two saltpeter works still reflect the key manufacturing processes and social structures and ways of life of these company towns. As opposed to what occurred in many other saltpeter works, Santa Laura and Humberstone were not fully dismantled when they were no longer functional. However, looting, demolition and lack of conservation and maintenance that occurred until the declaration of the site as a National Monument in 1970 compromised the overall integrity of the two works.
Efforts have been made by the State Party to reverse the conditions that threaten the integrity of the property. Notwithstanding these works, interventions are still needed to ensure that no further erosion of integrity occurs, particularly by addressing the considerable damage that exists at some of the industrial structures in Santa Laura which are still at risk.
The State Party is stressing the multidisciplinary analysis of vulnerability of the materials and the instability of the structures, the assessment of the composition of the materials and their pathologies, the effect of environmental conditions on them, the soil and mechanical actions on structures, so as to identify the best methods of conserving and maintaining them and the use and historic functioning of machinery and buildings.
The buffer zone is an attempt to protect the desert landscape and its relationship with the built environment, as well as the remains from still older saltpeter works and mining camps, including railway lines and roads as well as pedestrian footpaths which give a certain sense to the historic reality of the saltpeter canton (complex of several interrelated saltpeter works). However, no formal buffer zone has been established to control and regulate activities that occur in the surroundings to mitigate the visual impacts on the setting derived from contemporary industrial buildings.
The two saltpeter works have remained better conserved that any other saltpeter works in the Pampa of northern Chile and what remains at the site is authentic and original. The relatively few interventions, the lack of additions of architectural elements or constructive materials from outside or which are different from those used originally have helped in maintaining the authenticity of the property.
The authenticity of the site is heightened as a result of its characteristics and its relationship to the landscape which illustrates the occupation of the territory in the saltpeter era and powerfully evokes how the desert was conquered.
The conservation of manifestations of intangible attributes of the saltpeter era also contributes toward the authenticity of the site. Humberstone houses the most important gathering of a commemoration of the industry as a whole: the Saltpeter Week which annually gathers together people from all over the Pampa; i.e. former saltpeter workers and their descendants.
However, there are significant challenges for the conservation of the conditions of authenticity, in light of the nature and vulnerability of the materials in the specific environmental conditions, and the identification of interventions which do not compromise these characteristics.
Protection and management requirements
The property is a National Monument in the category of Historic Monument – the maximum level of protection of heritage in this country -. It is administered by a private entity, the Saltpeter Museum Corporation, under the supervision of the National Monuments Council, a state institution responsible for the protection of Chile's cultural heritage. A 2004-2009 Management Plan was produced and now needs to be updated. In addition, the human and financial resources for its sustained implementation will need to be secured and provided to the Corporation.
The formal definition of a buffer zone and the establishment and enforcement of regulatory measures is also an action that needs to be implemented as a crucial measure to protect the desert landscape both geographically as well as in relation to the remains of mining exploration and the transport of the saltpeter in general.
To ensure the conservation of Outstanding Universal Value, authenticity and integrity of the property, the Priority Interventions Plan needs to be implemented, including the structural consolidation and the recovery of buildings at risk. Physical conservation must be addressed bearing in mind the effects of the camanchaca - dense and frequent mist generated by the Pacific Ocean - and its high saltiness, capable of seriously damaging metals, timbers and even stone materials. It is necessary to conceptually reflect on authenticity which opens up a space coherently with replacing those pieces and sections that have irredeemably deteriorated, defining a criteria for change associated with that degradation, in order to maintain them for all time. This must be done in addition to the protection of materials with anti-corrosion treatments.
An essential imperative for the protection, conservation and management of the site is an in-depth knowledge of the techniques, construction systems, and ways of life, exploration systems and the economic conditions at the time. The importance of the technology itself of this exploitation is of great singularity and the complexities of life associated with saltpeter impose a considerable challenge on how it is all interpreted. Also essential is protecting, conserving and managing those artistic elements that are a part of the history of the site whilst it was functioning and being abandoned, such as the "graphic designs" on the walls, and the movable assets.
Long Description
The development of the saltpeter industry reflects the combined knowledge, skills, technology, and financial investment of a diverse community of people who were brought together from around South America and from Europe. The saltpeter industry became a huge cultural exchange complex where ideas were quickly absorbed and exploited. The two works represent this process. The saltpeter mines and their associated company towns developed into an extensive and very distinct urban community with its own language, organization, customs and creative expressions, as well as displaying technical entrepreneurship. The saltpeter mines in the north of Chile together became the largest producers of natural saltpeter in the world, transforming the Pampa and indirectly the agricultural lands that benefited from the fertilisers the works produced. The two works represent this transformation process and the distinctive culture that it produced.
The two abandoned saltpeter works lie in the Tamarugal Pampa and are 1.5 km apart, separated by Route A16. Saltpeter (sodium nitrate) deposits are found in an arid, desert altiplano in the far north of Chile, in the regions of Tarapacá and Antofagasta - the Pampa, which is one of the driest deserts in the world with virtually no annual rainfall, and large differences in temperature between day and night. The porous Pampa filters water coming down from the Andes Mountains. Near the coastal ridge, the water formed small lakes in the impermeable granite-like rock, giving rise to 'salt pans' as a result of the evaporation of water, and 'saltpeter' beds in fissures between the hard and softer rocks.
The mining of saltpeter began at the foot of the eastern edge of the Coastal Range, first for manufacturing explosives and then more profitably as a fertilizer that was exported around the world. Defying the extremes of climate, 200 works to mine and process the saltpeter, with towns to house the workers and railways to transport the powder to coast, were established in an intensive period of around 50 years from 1880. The huge extent of the deposits and the high grade and thickness of the saltpeter veins turned the Pampa into the main producer of natural nitrate in the world. During the 1920s, competition from synthetic nitrates in Europe led to the closure of many works and by 1933 most of the industry had come to an almost complete standstill. The Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter works are two that have managed in part to survive the asset stripping that followed the decline of the nitrate industry. None of the buildings are now in use apart from some bathrooms that have been restored for the use of visitors and a reception building.
Together they represent the technical and social systems that created great wealth and prosperity for some and arduous, communal living for others. The Pampinos, those who live in the Pampa, are now seen as pioneers in the social struggle for better working conditions, and their distinctive and creative culture is celebrated in print and film.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
Historical Description
From pre-Hispanic times indigenous peoples in the area, the Atacamenos and the Incas, used nitrate as a fertiliser, extracting and grinding the saltpeter and spreading it on fields.
The first Europeans used the saltpeter for explosives. The mineral was mined and sent on mules to Lima to be processed into gunpowder. Increase in demand for explosives in the late 18th century led to exploration of new fields in northern Chile and the discovery of the Tarapaca seams. At around the same time, a German scientist, Thadeus Haencke, discovered how to manufacture potassium nitrate. The first saltpeter works were opened in 1810. These were small-scale individual operators who extracted and crushed the material by hand, boiled it in simple vats and left it in the sun to evaporate. The first shipments were made to Great Britain in the 1820s and to the USA and France in the 1830s, all for use in explosives.
Its fertilising properties were discovered in Europe in the 1830s and demand started to soar as cereal production begun to spread to unexploited lands in USA, Argentina and Russia. The fertiliser also begun to be used for coffee in Brazil, Sugar in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Chile became the main world producer of natural nitrate. What transformed the scale and scope of the works was a new processing technique developed by the Chilean Pedro Gamboni in 1853 for dissolving saltpeter. This encouraged owners to install fixed equipment: boilers, troughs etc and expand homes for workers. A second factor was improved transport: until the railways arrived in the second half of the 19th century, transport to the coast on packhorse mules limited the scale of the industry. The railways spread rapidly, funded by private investment: by 1905 there were 1,787 km of track and by 1913, 5,000 km.
In 1879 the so-called Saltpeter War involving Chile, Bolivia and Peru (who supported Bolivia) gave Chile dominance of the industry. The aftermath encouraged European investment and this in turn acted as a trigger for a surge in the nation's economy. By 1890 saltpeter accounted for 50% of the country's total revenue; by 1913 80% of all its exports.
The First World War brought terrible consequences for the saltpeter producers. The sea routes became unsafe and Germany, one of the largest importers, begun to develop its own saltpeter based on synthetic ammonia. However as European investors withdrew, Chilean participation increased. Nevertheless demand continued to decline and in spite of re-structuring, the creation of the Chilean Saltpeter Company (COSACH) split between state and private investors, and a new production system, which allowed the use of lower grade ore, the market did not improve and COSACH was wound up. By 1930s only 10% of the world's nitrate came from Chile and this had dropped to 3% by 1950s. COSACH's successor, COSATAN, which had a monopoly of saltpeter, survived until 1961. The Peruvian Nitrate Company built Humberstone saltpeter works, originally known as La Palma, in 1862. Until 1889, it was one of the biggest saltpeter-mines in Tarapacá zone with about 3,000 inhabitants. With the economic crisis that affected all the production of sodium nitrate, La Palma was shut down to be reopened in 1933 under the ownership of the COSACH and bearing the name by which it is known now, the Humberstone saltpeter work, in homage to chemical engineer Humberstone. Between 1933 and 1940 the operations were expanded, new buildings built around the Market Square and the population reached 3,700 people.
Santa Laura Work, built ten years after Humberstone in 1872 by the 'Barra y Risco' Company, was smaller and had only 450 families in 1920. After facing successive crisis, it too was taken over by COSATAN.
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By SPJ
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This is a great topper for dry food. All my Silken Windhounds love it. Even my picky one.
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By Miki11356
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My sweet Phoebe just loves these freeze-dried bites. She does her "happy dance" as soon as I pick up the package. I've tried both the beef and the chicken, and she liked them equally well. The bits are soft enough that older dogs and puppies could eat them without a problem, too...but Phoebe is only 5.
Vincent Loves this stuff!
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Mix with dry dog food.
Treat for the hard to please cat
By gypsyrover
from Kemah Texas
Georgia loves these treats. She's a picky eater, and turns up her nose at most things. But not these.
Cat is not interested
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My cat will eat just about anything, but she just stares at these and I guess doesn't acknowledge that it is food at all. She won't even try to bite into it.Bummer!
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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By sabea125
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I have an 11 year old yorkie with a very sensitive stomach. He absolutely loves these. I have actually given them to him as a meal along with some string beans. He loves them. I also sprinkle them on some of his dry food as well. Please, please, don't stop making and selling these.
Very good treat
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I use the product as treat. My cats love the taste and it is easy to chew.
My dog says yum!
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I add this daily to my dog's food and it makes her gobble her food right up.
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Duck liver-arrived very crumbled/powdery
By kt808
from HI
i like having an alternative to beef/chicken, but i think the packaging needs major improvement since it was delivered with about a third of it in little crumbles and liver "dust". disappointing as a treat because of this since much of it can't be used as a treat. it won't go to waste since i can use the "damaged" liver as a topper on their food, but not sure if i'll order this again.
Love this! (or rather my fur babies do)
By Cat Moma
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This is the best product! Just wild salmon that is freeze dried. I either crumble it over their food bowls or put a little water in a clean bowl and add enough salmon to soak up water. About 5 minutes and it is done. It softens and makes a tasty, according to my newly addicted cats, the best thing that their human can do for them.
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