Halton Borough Council are looking at how the site and the surrounding area might be improved as part of perimeter changes around the adjacent John Lennon Airport.
The Dungeon is a rare and important site where rock salt was used to strengthen sea water prior to making white salt. If it surrounding scan be improved it would form an important local recreational site and protect both the industrial and natural heritage. Iain Dignall of Halton Borough Council made an enquiry to us and was delighted to be put in touch with Roy Forshaw and find out that so much information was actually known about the site.
It is probably the best surviving refinery site around, mainly because it didn't become destroyed by later harbour installations. An ideal site for inclusion in the ECOSAL Salt Route, especially if it can benefit from landscape improvements, better access and information panels.
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| Dungeon Lane forms the boundary between Halton Borough and Liverpool. Sir Paul McCartney walked down this lane to The Mersey were he would walk and cycle to Hale Lighthouse. |
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| Views across The Mersey towards Frodsham and Helsby, Cheshire. The cistern for dissolving the rock salt is now covered with a grass mound. Cheshire rock salt was brought here to strengthen seawater before it was evaporated to make white salt. |
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| Remains of the dock wall where the rock salt was landed. |
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| The bay leading around to Hale Lighthouse |
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