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Great Salt Lake Cutoff, Utah

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Title Great Salt Lake Cutoff, Utah
Alternative Title 39222005302174
Publisher Souvenir Novelty Co.
Date 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924
Spatial Coverage Great Salt Lake, Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5775376
Subject Great Salt Lake (Utah); Railroads; Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Description Color drawing of a train crossing the Great Salt Lake railroad cutoff. Back of card is captioned, "The Great Salt Lake Cut-off extends from Ogden to Lucin a distance of 102.9 miles, crossing over the north end of the Great salt Lake. It was finished Nov. 13 1903 after 1 1/2 years of effort at a cost of $4,500,000.00. It saves S. P. R. R. Co. 43.8 miles of distance, 3,919 degrees of curvature, and 1515 feet of grade."
Type Image
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
Source Mss C 376, Utah and the West Postcard Collection
Scanning Technician Zach Phelan
ARK ark:/87278/s6tx8gm5
Setname dha_upc
ID 1511602
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tx8gm5
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