Bridge, Utah p.3

Title Bridge, Utah p.3
Collection Classified Photograph Collection
File Name 39222001427801
Photo Number 20421
Classification 979.2
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Subject Cities and towns; Beaches; Coastlines; Pelicans; Telegraph; Telegraph offices
Person Armstrong, Ward; Campbell, Gordon; Dockter, Jack
Spatial Coverage Weber County; Utah
Description When the lake level was low, pelicans would die on the shore due to undernourishment and salt-crusted wings. From left to right: Ward Armstrong, Gordon Campbell, Unidentified, and Jack Dockter. 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/s64x5jrf
Setname dha_cp
ID 452516
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64x5jrf
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