Comments on: Morton Salt, Chicago

By: anne

anne — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:23:52 +0000

I love the tattoo! It looks like his armpit hair is the rain cloud.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:02:34 +0000

The “island” or dome is sort of visible if you zoom out like this:

Salt domes are huge underground bell-shaped masses of salt, only the tips of which reach the surface. The gulf coast is dotted with them. A more famous salt dome is Avery Island, best known for Tabasco hot sauce (which is bottled there) and its jungle gardens.

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By: noj

noj — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:24:00 +0000

Morton’s Salt mine is located on Week’s Island in South Louisiana. Its hard to see the Salt Dome (I honestly don’t know where it is from the air), but this is the plant.

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By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:03:23 +0000

Until ~100 years ago, salt’s propensity to attract moisture meant that it had to be stored in a small box and served with a spoon. The Morton company developed a way of keeping moisture out, enabling the salt to pour and therefore allowing it to be kept in shakers on dinner tables. They’ve exploited that development in advertisements ever since.

By: Timhogs

Timhogs — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:27:40 +0000

K., I don’t know about Chicago, but here in Detroit we used to mine it from underground deposits left from a prehistoric seabed.

By: philip j fry

philip j fry — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:26:58 +0000

Na + Cl = salt

By: K.Murali,Chennai,India

K.Murali,Chennai,India — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 13:00:23 +0000

Chicago has fresh water lake, how do they get sea water to make salt?