Road salt imported from Clarkson, Ontario is unloaded during the summer
months for use in the upper Midwest during the winter travel season.
M/V Canadian Transport, Reiss Inland, Duluth, Minnesota
June 27, 2003, Image 03-9464
Rock salt is used throughout the Great Lakes basin for ice control on road
surfaces. Highway departments stockpile salt during the summer in preparation
for the winter season.
Str. John J. Boland, Lackawanna, New York
July 13, 1996, Image JJB-059
Over 4,000,000 tons of rock salt are mined annually in Ohio. The mine at
Cleveland, now owned by Cargill, covers nearly 3 square miles and extends 2
miles under Lake Erie.
Str. John J. Boland, Cleveland, Ohio
July 13, 1996, Image JJB-399
The ports of Fairport and Cleveland, Ohio ship over 1.5 million tons of salt
each year. The mines are located nearly 2000 feet beneath the surface of Lake Erie.
Str. John J. Boland, AKZO Nobel Salt, Cleveland, Ohio
July 16, 1996, Image JJB-405
Salt is discharged at ports around the Great Lakes. This photo was taken in
downtown Duluth as the steamer Cason J. Callaway unloads at the Cutler-Magner
salt dock as an afternoon thunderstorm rolls in.
Str. Philip R. Clarke, Cutler Magner Dock, Duluth, Minnesota
July 22, 1990, Image 90-276
