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Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Avery Island Salt Works, Akzo Salt Incorporated, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Summary
Significance: The Steam Hoist is the oldest still operating in the United States and has a history of ninety years of continuous use on the same site. The Breaker Building is one of the few surviving examples of this type of timber-framed industrial structure. The Salt Works is part of the site of the oldest salt mine in the United States.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15
Survey number: HAER LA-9
Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
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saltworks
avery island
avery
salt
works
avery island salt works
akzo
akzo salt
iberia
parish
iberia parish
akzo salt incorporated
historic american engineering record
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
louisiana
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Akzo Salt Incorporated
Location
Avery Island
,
29.89675, -91.90504
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html