Historic

Saline Valley Salt Tram

Inyo County, CA

Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.

Between 1911 and 1913, the Saline Valley Salt Company built a 13-mile aerial tramway to haul salt over the Inyo Mountains into the Owens Valley. Steel towers and cable remnants still mark the steep early-twentieth-century route, some within Death Valley National Park. Cerro Gordo Road from near Keeler provides high-clearance access toward the Owens Valley side towers.

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RegionInyo County, CA
Coordinates (approx.)36.6079, -117.8536
ARPACultural sites and artifacts are protected by federal law (ARPA/NHPA) — stay on established routes, touch and remove nothing, and follow the managing agency's and the affiliated tribe's guidance on access.

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