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| Picture No | 10206512 |
| Date | 1872 |
| Description | Carting seaweed in Normandy 1872 |
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Seaweed or 'vraic',which it was locally called being raked and put on primitive-looking carts at the coast of Normandy. Seaweed was mainly employed for manure; was processed my chemical properties, iodine being one of its constituents and some used medicinally and even for food.
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| Source | Engraving by S. Bird in 'The Illustrated London News', 10 August 1872, page 125 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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