Oliver Salt Company

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Oliver Salt Company was a saltworks located on the San Francisco Bay adjacent to Hayward, California, which produced salt by evaporation from the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] The remains of their facilities are within Eden Landing Ecological Reserve. [2]

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References

  1. "Mt. Eden Salt Industry: Oliver Salt Company - Digital History". eastbaydigitalhistory.wikidot.com.
  2. Galan, Eric (May 18, 2012). "Amongst marshes, a salty past". Bay Nature.