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" Salt mining, Avery Island, Louisiana". Date: 1933: Source: Geological Survey Bulletin 845 Guidebook of the Western United States: Part F. Southern Pacific Lines. Via online copy at : Author: United States Department of the Interior: Permission (Reusing this file)
Avery Island (historically French: Île Petite Anse) is a salt dome best known as the source of Tabasco sauce. Located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana , United States, it is about three miles (4.8 km) inland from Vermilion Bay , which opens onto the Gulf of Mexico .
The mine, in operation since 1919, was made up of several levels up to 1,500 feet (460 m) below the surface. Each tunnel was about 100 by 80 feet (30 m × 24 m). Pillars of salt had been left in place to support the ceiling at each level. The pillars were dissolved by the encroaching fresh water and caused the mine tunnels to collapse. [3]
The widows of the two men who died after the roof collapsed at the Avery Island salt mine filed lawsuits against the mine's operators.
Eugene Tunnel/Rock Island Tunnel # 3, abandoned rail tunnel, in use 1903–1980, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, under State Route 17 just south of Eugene; being developed into a rail trail Vale Tunnel /Rock Island Tunnel # 4, abandoned rail tunnel, in use 1904–1980, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad , under Bannister Road ...
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The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 32 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the parish, including 1 National Historic Landmark. Two properties were once listed, but have since been removed.
Avery Island, three miles inland from the Louisiana coast, gave the Confederacy a huge supply of rock salt until the Union captured it. It was not realized at the time that there were structures similar to the Avery Island salt dome all along the Louisiana and Texas coasts of the Gulf of Mexico which could have provided an additional source of ...