After the 1910s, other salt producers in San Diego County closed, leaving the salt works the sole salt producer in the county. In 1918, reconstruction began due to damage caused during the 1916 flooding, reaching completion in the 1950s. In 1916, operations were disrupted due to flooding the flood destroyed the salt ponds and the salt works built up to that point. In 1915, a narrow-gauge railway was installed, and crossed over standard-gauge railway of the San Diego and Arizona Railway the narrow-gauge railway was dismantled in the 1970s, except for where it crossed over standard-gauge rail, preserving the only instance of such an occurrence in the United States. In the 1910s, about forty thousand tons of salt were harvested annually from the salt works. In 1902, La Punta Salt Works was purchased, and renamed to Western Salt Company. Around the turn of the 20th century, the salt works were the only industrial employment in the Chula Vista area, other than produce packing plants. In 1883, the salt works were the only salt producer in the county, supplying the salt needs of all of Southern California. This is supported by a 1965 report by the State of California, and a 2015 notice by the City of Imperial Beach state that the area has been used as a salt works as early as the 1860s. Records date its origin as being before 1872. Initially the operation began as the La Punta Salt Company. Salt evaporation ponds and mounds of crystallized salt awaiting the harvest In 2011, two of the works' salt ponds were restored to marshlands. The salt ponds are a stopping point for migratory birds, some of them threatened or endangered. Water evaporated at the salt works comes from the Pacific Ocean since its inception, more than a million tons of salt has been harvested. In 2000, it assumed its current name, and has continued salt harvesting operations.
The land was purchased by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority in 1999 and transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. During the rest of the 20th century, it was the second largest salt producer in California. In 1902 it was purchased and renamed Western Salt Company, and later had narrow-gauge rail installed.
Initially operating under the name La Punta Salt Works operations dating back to at least 1871, for a period of time it was the sole supplier of salt for Southern California. The South Bay Salt Works is a salt factory in southern San Diego, near Chula Vista, in the South Bay region of San Diego County, California.
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