Salt Museum (Liverpool, New York)
Museum detailing the salt industry
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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
- Colorado Salt Works, another salt spring, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
