Salt Museum (Liverpool, New York) Explained

Salt Museum
Location:	6790 Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool, New York

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]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salt Museum » Onondaga County Parks . 2024-02-04 . onondagacountyparks.com.
2. News: Moriarty . Rick . 2017-04-13 . Rare piece of Syracuse's long-lost salt industry uncovered . 2024-02-04 . en.
3. Web site: Cheney . Jim . 2022-07-31 . Visiting the Fascinating Salt Museum in Syracuse's Onondaga Lake Park . 2024-02-04 . Uncovering New York . en-US.
4. Book: Kurlansky, Mark . Salt: A World History . 2011-03-18 . Knopf Canada . 978-0-307-36979-6 . en.