{"id":1238,"date":"2015-06-08T13:09:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T12:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2023-11-19T21:17:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:17:41","slug":"2015-04-27-the-nitrate-works-of-humberstone-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/?p=1238","title":{"rendered":"2015-04-27: The Nitrate Works of Humberstone (3\/3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ghosts of the Past<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Here and there, one can catch a glimpse of what life in Humberstone must have felt like from some picture unsuspectingly\u00a0 hanging around. In most habitations, gratifies can be found &#8212; some of them from people who lived there and returned tracing their past.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1071\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0139.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1071\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0139.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Mechanic\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Mechanic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1254\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0144.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1254\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0144.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Carpenters\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Carpenters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1069\" style=\"width: 2136px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0083.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1069 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0083-e1433722432862.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Proud Father with his Son\" width=\"2136\" height=\"3216\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Proud Father with his Son<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1162\" style=\"width: 2136px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0412-e1433714538610.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0412-e1433714538610.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Ghosts of the Past -- Picture of a Family\" width=\"2136\" height=\"3216\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Ghosts of the Past &#8212; Picture of a Family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1067\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1067\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0075.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Nanies with Children\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Nanies with Children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1142\" style=\"width: 2136px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0364-e1433716791583.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1142\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0364-e1433716791583.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: &quot;In this room my little mami died -- rest in peace 1948-02-22; remembered for 50 (years), son Jorge&quot;\" width=\"2136\" height=\"3216\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: &#8220;In this room my little mami died on 1949-02-22&#8211; rest in peace Bernhardina Angulo ; remembered since 50 (years), son Jorge&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1081\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0198.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1081\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0198.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Traces of Che's Followers\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Traces of Che&#8217;s Followers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Machines of the Past<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The place is littered with abandoned parts and machinery. It is not always possible to determine what they were actually good for.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1256\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0190.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1256\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0190.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Barn full of (archaeological relevant) Junk\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Barn full of (archaeological relevant) Junk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1255\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0186.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1255\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0186.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Barn with Machinery\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Tractors and Engines in Barn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1115\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0308.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0308.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Leftovers of Diesel Pumps\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Leftovers of Diesel Pumps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1098\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1098 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Crane Car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1097\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0267.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1097\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0267.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Steam Engine\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Locomotive Heading into the Desert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1164\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0419.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1164 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0419.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Crane Car\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Crane Car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1163\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0418.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1163\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0418.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Stone Chruncher\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Stone Cruncher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1161\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0407.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0407.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Locomotive\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Locomotive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Town of the Past<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The slag hill is a good place to see the town from an elevated position and to get a feeling for its size.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1180\" style=\"width: 2888px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMAG2133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMAG2133.jpg\" alt=\"HUmberstone: Panorama Picture of Living Quarters as well as Industrial Complex from Slag Hill\" width=\"2888\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HUmberstone: Panorama Picture of Living Quarters as well as Industrial Complex taken from Slag Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1120\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1120 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0317.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone:  The City\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Living Quarters, Plaza, and Administration Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1123\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0323.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1123 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0323.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Central Plaza, School, Administration Building with Tennis Cour\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Central Plaza, School, Administration Building with Tennis Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1122\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1122 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0322.jpg\" alt=\"Humberstone: Living Quaters\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humberstone: Living Quaters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1176\" style=\"width: 1648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150427_GPS_Humberstone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150427_GPS_Humberstone.jpg\" alt=\"GPS Tracks at  Humberstone\" width=\"1648\" height=\"1004\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GPS Tracks at Humberstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Humberstone.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2484\" height=\"1762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Humberstone.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Humberstone.png 2484w, https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Humberstone-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Humberstone-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Humberstone-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Humberstone-1536x1090.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Humberstone-2048x1453.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2484px) 100vw, 2484px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Visitors&#8217; Map of Humberstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghosts of the Past Here and there, one can catch a glimpse of what life in Humberstone must have felt like from some picture unsuspectingly\u00a0 hanging around. In most habitations, gratifies can be found &#8212; some of them from people who lived there and returned tracing their past. Machines of the Past The place is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/?p=1238\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2015-04-27: The Nitrate Works of Humberstone (3\/3)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1238"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6768,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238\/revisions\/6768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}