Salt Museum (Liverpool, New York)
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The Salt Museum near the shore of Onondaga Lake in Liverpool, New York is a museum explaining the salt industry created from salt springs in the Syracuse, New York area.[1] The southern end of the lake was once known as the Onondaga Salt Reservation.[2]
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| Location | 6790 Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool, New York |
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The building that houses the museum was built in the 1930s and is believed to be built from wood used in former salt factories.[3]
The Erie Canal hastened and expanded the development of the salt industry and the city of Syracuse.[4]
See also
edit- Colorado Salt Works, another salt spring, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
References
edit- ^ "Salt Museum » Onondaga County Parks". onondagacountyparks.com. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ Moriarty, Rick (2017-04-13). "Rare piece of Syracuse's long-lost salt industry uncovered". Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ Cheney, Jim (2022-07-31). "Visiting the Fascinating Salt Museum in Syracuse's Onondaga Lake Park". Uncovering New York. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ Kurlansky, Mark (2011-03-18). Salt: A World History. Knopf Canada. ISBN 978-0-307-36979-6.
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