In the winter, rain would wash lots of mud into the former lake, creating a grey/brown layer of sediment. Not the most aesthetically pleasing sight, but still interesting to learn about the history of the factories which were originally envisioned by Theodore Herzl in … Perfect time of year; it was warm, but not too hot. There was some ancient history: beneath us were ruins of what archaeologists think was a Roman customs house.
Without getting too much into the geological details, rock salt, when put under pressure, becomes malleable, a bit like plasticine. Salt was a major commodity in ancient times (some Roman soldiers were paid in it; this is the origin of the word salary), and the checkpoint was located in a narrow part of the road towards Mt Sedom (a major source of salt) to stop people taking it without permission.On the one hand it seems a bit churlish to continue with this blog with a war going on; however I very much feel that we must continue to live as normal a life as possible. As you can imagine, this sort of activity was very popular with bus drivers. Dead Sea Works is the world's fourth-largest producer and supplier of potash products.
Not the most aesthetically pleasing sight, but still interesting to learn about the history of the factories which were originally envisioned by Theodore Herzl in his novel about the Zionist utopia, Altneuland. It has customers in over 60 countries. A very steep descent though, not so kind on the knees.
In summer, the water would evaporate with the heat, leaving a new layer of white sediment because of the minerals the water naturally contained.
And that was that; as the sun set behind us, it was time to head home to Tel Aviv.We returned to the bus and then a short drive took us to the start of a new hike, crossing Mount Sedom. But we went in anyway (having made it clear to us that it was at our own risk). Again, not somewhere we can take tourists, at least while the sign is there, but it was quite stunning to clamber through the darkness and arrive in a cavern with an extremely high ceiling and a hole in the roof, letting in light and lending a very special ambience to the place. Then, on emerging, we would be given some watermelon, leaving us with white faces and bright red lips. In 1996, Uri Ben Nun, Director and General Manager of the DSW also an Othodox Jew, decided to provide a full scale model of the altar of the holy Temple in Jerusalem (5 meters high and 16 meter wide) to be housed at the DSW works. The plant is … The Dead Sea Works plant is in Sodom, located at the southern basin of the Dead Sea. A later General Manager ordered the model to be disassembled.The Dead Sea Works committed the company to environmental responsibility and substantial investment in pursuit of ecological excellence and preservation of the irreplaceable Dead Sea ecosystem. The mountain has various caves created by the rock salt being surrounded by other, harder rock, and then being dissolved/eroded by rain fall. For now though, they continue to operate, and are apparently the largest Bromine producers in the world. We Are Jordanian Manufacturer Located In Amman – Jordan , And We Have Focused On Manufacturing And Exporting Dead Sea Skin Care Products In "BULK" Since 1995.
The day contained fewer sites than the first two, partly because of the long journey times from Tel Aviv (around 3 hours in each direction) and partly because of two reasonably long hikes which were part of the programme.These patterns were caused by centuries of wet (winter) and dry (summer) seasons. The company also produces magnesium chloride, industrial salts, de-icers, bath salts, table salt, and raw materials for the cosmetic industry.
Eventually the potash production monopoly was purchased by private investors in 1999.
The small hole is the water that evaporates or is sucked up by the Dead Sea Works factories in the southern basin. Our Main Ingredients Of Our Products Is Originally Obtained From The Dead Sea In Jordan , And Shipped Directly To Our Clients . The Sodom Dead Sea Factory, including the Sodom Workers' Camp, is one of the two factories founded on the west bank of the Dead Seaby Jewish entrepreneurs before the founding of the State of Israel.
Sadly, the caves are now closed; some seismic activity caused some of it to fall down a few years ago and it is deemed too much of a risk to let people in, particularly in this sad age of litigation when things don’t go wrong.
It is a lovely view (as evidenced above), but it was nice to also know a bit about what we were looking at. The model aroused much interest and so much criticism that it had to be stored out of site of visitors and photographers. The factories are a huge part of the economy in the Negev region (indirectly employing 4000 families) but they do exact a toll on the environment and remain a controversial subject in Israel. Very ghoulish. Huge respect to the 75 year old man on the course who took it all (literally) in his stride.In more modern times, we heard about the Lot Operation; part of the War of Independence when a company of soldiers hiked down this route to win back the Dead Sea factories which had been taken by Jordanian forces. The young State of Israel then established the Dead Sea Works as a state-owned company in 1952. The cave had a very nice new sign outside it saying that, like the flour caves, it was dangerous to enter.