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title: Opium Warehouse of the East India Company
author: Wellcome Images
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updated: 2022-09-27
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# Opium Warehouse of the East India Company

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[![Opium Warehouse of the East India Company](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16449.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16449.png)

## Image Caption

A c. 1850 print showing an opium warehouse of the [East India Company](https://www.worldhistory.org/East_India_Company/) in Patna, [India](https://www.worldhistory.org/india/). Opium was dried into large balls and then packed into chests for transportation to [China](https://www.worldhistory.org/china/).

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