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Early Salt Production in the Lower Cape Fear
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28613
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Abstract:
From the time of the early settlements, salt was produced by two methods on the North Carolina coast. One method was by solar evaporation and the second method was by boiling sea water. This most efficient system was fully developed by the start of the Civil War.
Source:
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 15 Issue 3, May 1972,
p1-5, il, f
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