salt works

Seasoning production site

A salt works is a facility where salt is produced, typically by evaporating seawater or brine in shallow pools or by mining salt deposits.

The term usually appears as a singular noun despite its plural form: The old salt works has been converted into a museum.

Also spelled as one word: saltworks.

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pans · evaporation · saltwater · crystallization · saltlick · archaeological sites · desalination · Wieliczka · curing · Bonneville · Dead Sea · tidal flats · trade networks · mineral deposits · maritime trade · coastal wetlands · medieval guilds · ecological impact

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type of extraction/production facility

salt workssugar refinery

Facility purifying raw sweetener

desalination plant · oil refinery · brewery · distillery · smelter

salt acquisition method

salt workssalt mine

Subterranean mineral extraction site

underground mine · salt dome

product type

salt workssugar refinery

Facility purifying raw sweetener

sugar mill · honey farm

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salt, works, salts, salted, salting, salty, saltiness, work, worked

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G