The recent underwater discovery of a steamer loaded with salt brought to the surface the importance of Great Lakes brine production to the world. Piping up from a 400-million-year-old ocean deep beneath the Earth, salt manufacturers found high quality minerals in New York and Michigan.
Over 70 ships were lost on the Great Lakes carrying salt to markets like Chicago and Superior, Wisconsin. Ric Mixter explores how the salt was discovered and dives several wrecks including the Adella Shores, Herman Hettler and Miztec and gives insight into how fortunes were made and lost on the salt markets.
Mixter is a native of Gwinn in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
What: The Briney Depths: Salt production in the Great Lakes w/ shipwreck historian Ric Mixter
When: Monday, August 04, 2024
Where: Marysville Public Library (1175 Delaware Avenue Marysville, MI)
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free (but you need to register)
Register here
https://sccl-mi.libcal.com/event/12311660?hs=a
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