Title |
Bridge, Utah p.1 |
Collection |
Classified Photograph Collection |
File Name |
39222001427785 |
Photo Number |
20419 |
Classification |
979.2 |
Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
Subject |
Cities and towns; Beaches; Coastlines; Pelicans; Telegraph; Telegraph offices |
Spatial Coverage |
Weber County; Utah |
Description |
Shoreline of Bridge, Utah. When the Great Salt Lake was low, pelicans would die on the shore due to undernourishment and salt covered wings. Bridge was a small telegraph station on the north shore of the Great Salt Lake built in June 1930. Built up on twenty-ton boulders, Bridge consisted of two railroad tracks, the telegraph station, a box car, and two small shacks. In 1945 as the demand for telegraph operators declines, Bridge was abandoned. |
Comment |
See Utah Historical Quarterly article Bridge: A Railroading Community, Winter 1985. |
Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2010 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
Relation |
Classified Photograph Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities |
Source Format |
Print Photograph |
Source Size |
8 in x 10 in |
Source Donors |
Utah State Historical Society Publications |
Type |
Image |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Scanned By |
Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6nv9v51 |
Setname |
dha_cp |
ID |
452512 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nv9v51 |