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There used to be tours of the Detroit Salt Mines, and indeed the Detroit Salt Company is still alive today. Near the "Uniroyal Giant Tire" [1] off of I-94 is a
by yawgmoth 3y ago
There used to be tours of the Detroit Salt Mines, and indeed the Detroit Salt Company is still alive today.
Near the "Uniroyal Giant Tire" [1] off of I-94 is a small tunnel that goes under the freeway. Not the same as these, but, well, as interesting as the freeway tunnel I suppose.
[1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Uniroyal+Tire/@42.2714063,-83.2103305,946m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x883b367fc0171cad:0x7326ca6f26318d71!8m2!3d42.2705206!4d-83.2090241!16s%2Fm%2F0g9y9c4?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Uniroyal+Tire/@42.2714...
- pests 3y agoWow, I live five minutes from that tire. Since I was young I've passed it a million times on the freeway and also checked out the service enterence for it but it was all gated off. Any more details on the tunnel?
- analog31 3y agoMy dad had some big chunks of salt from touring that mine. And I still remember the tire. There were also a lot of brine wells south of Detroit, where they mined salt by forcing hot water down into a hole and bringing up the brine.
- dr_dshiv 3y agoAnd then evaporated the brine? Or what was it used for?
- analog31 3y agoMaking lye and chlorine by the chlor-alkalai process. So they didn't need dry salt.
- cabalos 3y agoDiamond Salt is still made this way north of Detroit. Almost all restaurant salt in the United States is sourced here.