There has been quite a bit of work on the evaporative slat works around San
Francisco Bay. Aside from the Sandoval volume noted previously it is mostly
grey literature:
Ananian, Benjamin
1985 An Archaeological Reconnaissance of 1200 Acres Associated with the
Proposed Shorelands Project, Hayward, Alameda County, California. Prepared
for Cole/Mills Associates.
Baxter, R. Scott
2006 Historic Study Report for the Baumberg Biological Mitigation Tract,
Alameda County. Report prepared for the California Department of
Transportation by Past Forward, Inc.
2006 Historic Property Survey Report for the Maumberg Mitigation Tract,
Alameda County. Report prepared for the California Department of
Transportation by Past Forward, Inc.
Baxter, R. Scott and Rebecca Allen
2000 Historic Study Report for the Baumberg Biological Mitigation Tract,
Alameda County. Report prepared for Santa Clara Valley Highway Association
by Past Forward, Inc.
2001 Evaluation Report of Historic Archaeological Resources for the
Baumberg Biological Mitigation Tract, Alameda County. Report prepared for
Santa Clara Valley Highway Association by Past Forward, Inc.
Dobkin, Marjorie and Robert Bruce Anderson.
1994 Oliver Bros. Salt Co., Alameda County, California. Historic
Resource Evaluation Report prepared for Mara Melandry, Environmental
Planning Branch, South District 4-Oakland, California Department of
Transportation. Manuscript on file at Northwest Information Center, Sonoma
State University.
Hope, Andrew, Mark Hylkema, and Thad Van Bueren
1996 Archaeological Survey and Historical Resource Evaluation Report for
the Baumberg Biological Mitigation Tract, Alameda County. On file at the
Northwest Information Center, Sonoma State University.
I have electronic versions of the reports we drafted and a paper I presented
at the SIA meeting a few years back if you would like them. If you look at
the Cargill Salt webpage they have some photos of some of the old equipment
used around the Bay, including some unique windmills that used Archimedes
screws. There is also some massive solar salt works at Guerrero Negro in
Baja California that I think are fairly historic.
Scott Baxter
Past Forward, Inc.
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From: "Hatchett, Jennifer C" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:48 AM
Subject: Evaporative salt works
I am new to the HISTARCH list, but I am hoping someone out there can help me
out. My master's thesis is on a mid-nineteenth century evaporative salt
works on the Texas coast (near Rockport). I am looking for reports on other
evaporative salt works from the same time period. Also, if anyone has heard
of a "Johnny Armstrong arm" windmill, it would answer a question for me.
The windmill name may be a local thing, since I have not been able to find
anyone who has heard of such a device. It was apparently used in the
operation of the salt works, although in what capacity I do not know. Any
responses will be most appreciated.
Jenni Hatchett
Texas Tech University
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