Morton Salt Company

Current Contact Information
Address	151 Industrial Ave
City, State, Zip	Rittman, Ohio 44270
Phone	(330) 927-1040
Last updated	2017-06-21

Morton Salt Company

Formerly called	Wayne Salt Company
Type	Salt mines; Salt
Industry	Mining; Manufacturing
Fate	Active
Predecessor(s)	Ohio Salt Company
Founded	(1897 (1897))
Founder(s)	E. J. Young and Dr. N. S. Everhard
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Number of locations	151 Industrial Ave., Rittman, Ohio
Key people	E. J. Young; Dr. N. S. Everhard

Comprehensive History

During the winter of 1897-1898 representatives of the Wayne Salt Company were buying land and securing water rights in the vicinity of what became the Morton Salt Company's Rittman, Ohio Plant. In the spring of 1898 the name of the company was changed to The Ohio Salt Company and the first brine well was started the last week in May and was finished about eight weeks later. Founders were E. J. Young, Dr. N. S. Everhard, and their associates who previously had started The Ohio Injector Company and Ohio Match Company.

In January of 1948, The Ohio Salt Company was merged with the Morton Salt Company.

Slogans

• 1911- When It Rains It Pours

Timeline

• 1898 - Spring, Name of the company was changed to The Ohio Salt Company
• 1948 - January, The Ohio Salt Company was merged with the Morton Salt Company

Gallery

Historical documents

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Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

• : "Morton Salt Began Crystalizing After Land Purchases In 1897" by Unknown, The Daily Record, p..

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