Morton Salt

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.