In the 1970’s Diamond Crystal opened an extensive salt plant to the West of the town called Hard Bargain. Many local Long Islanders have many stories to tell about the plant where the majority of Bahamians who wanted to work did there. The plant was said to have closed due to it’s main plant in the US filing bankruptsy. After the Salt Plant closed, a Shrimp farming company called World Wide Protein (Bahamas) LTD moved in only to close a few years later.

Turbin further North of the Salt Plant.