Morton Salt

Quick Facts

TownMarysville
Switching DistrictMarysville (initially Port Huron)
Location on the LineSouth of Detroit Edison Marysville Power Plant, east of Busha Highway
Type of BusinessManufacturer
Years with recordsMany
Also known as / earlier namesPort Huron Salt
ShippedPackaged and Bulk Salt; Misc. Condiments
ReceivedPackaging Materials; Chemicals; Misc. Other Items
Car Types SeenBoxcars, Covered Hoppers

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About the Customer

Built in the early 1900’s as Port Huron Salt, and acquired shortly after by Joy Morton’s Morton Salt Company, Morton Salt was not only one of the PH&D’s largest customers, it was largely responsible for the existence of the line in the first place as the Port Huron Southern was built to connect the Morton plant with Class 1 railroad connections at Port Huron.

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Commodities Shipped:

  • Salt (packaged & bulk)
    • Packaged salt – shipped in boxcars.
    • Bulk salt – shipped in covered hoppers.
      • Bulk salt shipped in covered hoppers leased by both Morton Salt and DuPont.
  • Salt Substitute
    • Shipped in boxcars.

Commodities Received

  • Packaging:
    • Labels
    • Boxes (fiberboard)
    • Boxes (corrugated)
    • Cans (fiberboard)
    • Silver paper discs
    • Paper Bags
    • Pulpboard (rolled)
    • Envelope Wrappers (plastic bags)
  • Chemicals for Processing/Preparing Salt:
    • Sodium Silico Aluminate
    • Muriate of Potash
    • Potassium Chloride (drums)
  • Other Commodities as needed:
    • Ashphalt Solid (cartons)
    • Packaged Salt
    • Ground Black Pepper (in cans)

Track Maps

Assigned Cars

Relationship with the PH&D

  • Rate Dispute (1944-1948)
  • Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) Docket No. 29237
    • History
      • Port Huron Salt Co.
      • Origin of Port Huron Southern
      • Handy Purchase/Agreement
      • Duffy/Port Huron & Detroit Rates
    • Switching Districts
    • Switching Charges
    • Published Tariffs
  • Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) Docket No. 3433

Modeling Morton Salt

Morton was one of the largest customers on the PH&D, but most of the rolling stock going into/out of Morton were foreign road cars. A list of cars you could use to model cars going into/out of Morton Salt can be found here.