1. Salt Dock Facility on Staten Island

In Staten Island, the Atlantic Salt Company (561 Richmond Terrace) is headquartered at the historic Richmond Terrace facility, nearby the Kill van Kull maritime superhighway. As New York City’s last remaining salt dock, the facility mines salt in locations all over the world, and provides most of the road salt that New York City uses.
To bring the salt to the rest of the metropolitan area, cargo ships bring over salt loads, which are moved on to the Atlantic’s yard. Then, front-loading trucks pass on the shipment to tractor-trailers that distribute it further to local municipalities.
Given that the total capacity of New York City’s salt sheds can store 235,000 tons of rock salt and 330,700 gallons of calcium chloride deicing solution, we think these structures deserve more than a passing glance. Plus, if you can get inside one, it’s pretty awe-inspiring.
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