Split Rock, New York

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Split Rock is a hamlet in the Town of Onondaga in Onondaga County, New York. Today more a historic place than a community, Spit Rock is a site of great interest to industrial archeology. The Solvay Process Company developed quarry operations here, delivering limestone used for the Solvay process by a remarkable elevated conveyor to the industrial plant at Solvay, New York. During World War I, Split Rock was the site of a munitions factory which exploded with tragic loss of life on 2 July, 1918. Today the area has largely reverted to natural growth, but retains intriguing ruins, including man-made tunnels as well as natural limestone caves.

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Foley, Jasena. The Night the Rock Blew Up: Disaster at the Split Rock Munitions Works, July 2, 1918. Mark W. DeLawyer, ed. Interlaken, N.Y.: Heart of the Lakes Publishing.

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Coordinates: 43°01′27″N, 76°13′24″W

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