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Onondaga Lake (ŏnəndä`gə, –dô`–), brackish lake, 5 mi (8 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, central N.Y., NW of Syracuse. In 1654, Father LeMoyne, a missionary, was taken to salt springs along the lake shore by the Onondagas. He showed them how to obtain salt from the water by boiling it. In 1795 the lake was purchased from the Native Americans by New York state for its salt resources. The Salt Museum on the lakeshore near Liverpool contains relics of the early salt industry, which thrived in the mid-19th cent. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Construction management for ammonia/phosphorus removal project of Onondaga Lake cleanup program; In addition the profiles of contaminant loss were different between a polluted site (Arthur Kill, New York) and clean site (Tuckerton, New Jersey) and between the estuarine Arthur Kill and freshwater Onondaga Lake (New York). After 70 years of use by millions of visitors, Onondaga Lake Park in New York was named one of 10 "21st Century American Heritage Parks" in September 2003 for its three-year transformation from a historic park to a newly-updated leisure area. |
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