Title |
Irontown, Utah p.6 |
Collection |
Classified Photograph Collection |
File Name |
392220001436091 |
Photo Number |
15437 |
Classification |
979.2 |
Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
Date of Photograph |
April 1963 |
Date |
1963-04 |
Subject |
Cities and towns; Abandoned mines; Ghost towns; Iron mining; Mining towns |
Spatial Coverage |
Irontown; Iron County; Utah |
Description |
Ruins of kilns and furnaces built by Union Iron Works. Remnants of Old Irontown, or Iron City, on Pinto Creek, southeast of Cedar City. Old Irontown was settled in the 1850s for the purpose of mining iron ore, however, the venture quickly proved unsuccessful and Old Irontown became Utah's first ghost town. |
Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2011 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 |
Type |
Image |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Scanned By |
Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s69g5xsh |
Setname |
dha_cp |
ID |
452925 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69g5xsh |