tb_mortonsalt_0904_01
This view looks south at the Morton Salt plant on Elston Ave. on Chicago's North Side. It receives carloads of salt in covered hoppers off the UP near the North Ave. yard. The Morton Salt painted sign on the salt shed has been a Chicago landmark for years for people traveling on the nearby Kennedy Expressway or Metra trains. Morton uses a tractor to move the cars around inside the fenced grounds.tb_mortonsalt_0904_01
This view looks south at the Morton Salt plant on Elston Ave. on
Chicago's North Side. It receives carloads of salt in covered
hoppers off the UP near the North Ave. yard. The Morton Salt
painted sign on the salt shed has been a Chicago landmark for years
for people traveling on the nearby Kennedy Expressway or Metra
trains. Morton uses a tractor to move the cars around inside the
fenced grounds.
tb_mortonsalt_0904_02
The camera is turned around 180 degrees to capture the tracks used by the UP to switch out Morton Salt on Magnolia. On this September 2004 afternoon Magnolia St. is under construction. The UP uses the track which continues in the distance as a tail track for backing freight cars into the Morton Salt plant. At one time the tracks traveled across North Ave. and served the huge Proctor & Gamble factory which was torn down in the early 1990s, along with other industries along Magnolia. A scrap yard used to receive gondolas off the UP and C&NW to the right or east until a few years ago.tb_mortonsalt_0904_02
The camera is turned around 180 degrees to capture the tracks used
by the UP to switch out Morton Salt on Magnolia. On this September
2004 afternoon Magnolia St. is under construction. The UP uses the
track which continues in the distance as a tail track for backing
freight cars into the Morton Salt plant. At one time the tracks
traveled across North Ave. and served the huge Proctor & Gamble
factory which was torn down in the early 1990s, along with other
industries along Magnolia. A scrap yard used to receive gondolas
off the UP and C&NW to the right or east until a few years ago.
A close up, taken in August 2003 by Tom Mann.