Lion Salt Works

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Lion Salt Works is a historic open-pan salt production site in Cheshire, England, now preserved as an industrial heritage museum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial heritage museum
museum
open-pan salt works
scheduled monument
closed 1986
constructed 1890s
country United Kingdom
hasAward heritage and museum sector awards
hasExhibit brine pumps
evaporation pans
historic salt pans
workers’ facilities
hasFeature brine tanks
canal-side wharf
chimneys
iron pans
timber-framed sheds
hasMuseumTheme history of salt production
local industrial landscape
working lives of salt workers
heritageDesignation Conservation Area
Scheduled Monument
industry salt production
listedStatus Grade II listed buildings on site
locatedIn Cheshire
Cheshire West and Chester NERFINISHED
England
Marston NERFINISHED
North West England
locatedOn Trent and Mersey Canal NERFINISHED
managedBy Cheshire West and Chester Council NERFINISHED
near Northwich NERFINISHED
offers educational programmes
family activities
guided tours
opened 1894
partOf Cheshire salt industry
productionMethod open-pan evaporation
recognizedAs site of national industrial heritage importance
reopenedAsMuseum 2015
restorationCost 10600000 GBP
significance last surviving open-pan salt works in Cheshire
rare example of 19th-century salt-making technology
underwentRestoration 2012–2015
website https://lionsaltworks.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk/

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Northwich hasLandmark Lion Salt Works