Details for Cedar Lake Salt Works
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5039009544
Data
| Marker Number | 9544 |
| Atlas Number | 5039009544 |
| Marker Title | Cedar Lake Salt Works |
| Index Entry | Cedar Lake Salt Works |
| Address | |
| City | Brazoria vicinity |
| County | Brazoria |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 243051 |
| UTM Northing | 3200047 |
| Subject Codes | geology; Civil War; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 9 miles southwest of Brazoria, on FM 2611 at Brazoria/Matagorda county line |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Built in Confederate Texas in 1861-1862. Furnished essential salt to army and civilians. Raided by landing parties of Federals from Gulf ships, Nov. 27, 1862, lost buildings, 22 kettles, 4 large boilers. 10 tons of salt in hide bags was partly ruined. A nearby plant, when attacked next day, was defended by Texas calvary and escaped destruction. Winson's Works, below the San Bernard, was raided. But Moseley's Battery, 7th Texas Artillery Battalion, repulsed the raiders, wounding or killing 23 men as they got into their boats. (1965) |