San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds
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san-francisco-bay-salt-ponds-320-17634847
title:
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds
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The San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds are a roughly 16,500-acre (6,700 ha) part of the San Francisco Bay that have been used as salt evaporation ponds since the California Gold Rush era. Most of the ponds were once wetlands in the cities of Redwood City, Newark, and Hayward, and other parts of the bay. Salt production goes back to when the Ohlone were the only people in the area. After the large influx of people to the area in the 1850s, industrial production began. At first, production was predomina
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Salt evaporation ponds in the San Francisco Bay in California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Salt_Ponds
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2023-11-17T01:51:33Z
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