Oliver Salt Company was a
saltworks
A saltern is an area or installation for making salt. Salterns include modern salt-making works (saltworks), as well as hypersaline waters that usually contain high concentrations of halophilic microorganisms, primarily haloarchaea but also oth ...
located on the
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay (Chochenyo language, Chochenyo: 'ommu) is a large tidal estuary in the United States, U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities of San Francisco, California, San ...
adjacent to
Hayward, California
Hayward is a city located in Alameda County, California, United States, in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 162,954 as of 2020, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the Bay Area, and the third largest in ...
, which produced salt by evaporation from the
San Francisco Bay Area
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.
The remains of their facilities are within
Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
Eden Landing Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in Hayward, California, Hayward and Union City, California, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. The reserve is managed by the California Department of Fish and Game and includes of forme ...
.
See also
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Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (DESFBNWR) is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in the southern part of San Francisco Bay, California. Its headquarters and visitor center are in the Baylands district of Fre ...
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Leslie Salt
The Leslie Salt Company was a salt-producing company located in the San Francisco Bay Area, at the current locations of Newark, Hayward and other parts of the bay.
Background
According to the San Francisco Chronicle in 1983, Leslie Salt had " ...
References
External links
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History of the San Francisco Bay Area
Saltworks
Companies based in Hayward, California
Defunct manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
History of Hayward, California
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