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By removing underground [[salt]], the salt industry caused huge areas of [[subsidence]], and this allegedly accounts for many old [[timber framing|timber-framed]] houses in the town centre, which were better able to withstand the movement of the ground. Some houses were built on a base of steel girders which could be jacked up to level the house with each change in the underlying ground.
The town's historical links with the salt industry is celebrated in its
=== Victorian chemical industry ===
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