Castle Gate, Utah p.8

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Title Castle Gate, Utah p.8
Collection Classified Photograph Collection
File Name 39222001427967
Photo Number 15204
Classification 979.2
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph June 1917
Date 1917-06
Subject Cities and towns; Mining towns; Coal Mining; Railroad tracks; Floods; Disasters
Spatial Coverage Castle Gate, Carbon County, Utah
Description Flood at Castle Gate, Utah caused by the Scofield Dam burst. Castle Gate was a coal mining community settled in 1888. The town survived for almost a century until 1974 when it was dismantled due to expanded mining operations.
Comment From Salt Lake Tribune Mining Centennial Collection
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 Elliott, J. O. (Payson, Utah)
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Scanned By Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS
ARK ark:/87278/s6c82m6k
Setname dha_cp
ID 452553
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c82m6k
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