Colorado Salt Works
Park County
Developed by Charles L. Hall, the Colorado Salt Works was the only salt production facility of its kind constructed in Colorado. Located on a 33-acre site adjacent the Salt Works Ranch agricultural district, the intact wood frame barn and the partially collapsed kettle house, a large two-story L-shaped building, serve as visual reminders of one of Colorado’s earliest industrial enterprises.
Colorado Salt Works (2000 photograph.)
Drawing from surrounding salt springs, the facility operated from 1866 to circa 1870, when the arrival of the railroads lessened the value of producing salt locally. Preliminary research indicates it may well be the only surviving example of an 1860s kettle and pan salt production facility in the United States.