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This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. Union Pacific Railroad Underpass Uintah, Weber County UTAH STATE HISTORY 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 3 9222 5001 0 9736 13 -18102. U -'10 -SJ 40521 mSTORIC SITE FORM (IMI) UTAH OFFICB OF PREsERVATION Name of Property: Union Pacific Railroad underpass (SJ-152) Twnshp: SN. Range: lW. Section: 26 Address: City. County: Uintah, Weber County Current Owner Name: VilI: Union Pacific Railroad 422760rnE, 4555060rnN USGS Map Name &: Date: Ogden, Utah 7.5' (1955; P.R. 1986) Current Owner Address: Tta Number: Legal Description (include acreage): Property Category _ building(s) .x. structure site _ object Evaluation eligible/contribUling _ ineligible/rum-conrribUling _ oUl-oj-period ..x. .......... Photos: Dates slides: ~prints: September 1993 historic: Drawings and Plans _ measured floor plans _ site sketch map _ Historic American Bldg. Survey _ original plans ~ailable at: other: !.lH. Original Use: railroao:underpass Current Use: railroad underpass :::- Research Sources (check all sources _ abstraa of title _ tta card &: photo _ building permit _ sewer permit _ Sanborn Maps _ obituary inda _ city direaories/gazetteers census records _ biographical encyclopedias consulted, wheiher useful or not) K. city/county histories X. personal interviews X. USHS Library X. USHS Preservalion Files USHS Architects File _ LDS Family History Library _ local library: _ university Ubrary(ies): _ newspapers Bibliographical References (books, articles, interviews, etc.) Attach copies of all research notes, title searches, obituaries, and so forth. Researcher/OrganiZlIJion: Michael R. Polk and Heather M. Weyrrouth Sagebrush Archaeological. Consultants Date: 9/15/93 P .": ' ... ..............::. '.' :: : ... .. . . ........ . :::: Building Style/Type: arch underpass FoundaJion Material: poured concrete No. Stories: Wall Material(s): Additions: ~ none _ minor _ major (describe below) Number of associated outbuildings n/a poured concrete Alterations: ~ none minor _ major (describe below) n/a and/or structures ___ . Briefly describe the principal building, additions or alterations and their dates, and associated oUtbuildings and structures. Use continuation sheets as necessary. ArchitectlBuilder:unknawn ..architec:t;LbuiIdeI:;::Union Pacific Railroad Date of Construction: ........... Historic Themes: Mark themes related t;; this property with ·S· or ·C· (S ... significant, (see instruaions for details) .§.. Agriculture Economies _Industry Architecture Education Invention _ Archeology _ Engineering _Landscape An Entmainment/ Architeaure .£. Corrunerce . Recreation Law Communi cations _ Ethnic Heritage UleTature _ Community Planning _ Exploration! _ Maritime History &: Devd(Jprnent Settlement _MiUtary Conservation _ Peiforming Arts Health/Medicine 1915 C = contributing). PoUties/ Government _ReUgion Science _ Social History .§.. Transponation Other Write a chronological history of the property, focusing primarily on the original or principal owners &: significant events. Explain and justify any significant themes marked above. Use continuation sheets as necessary. HISTORIC SITE FORM (continuation) Union Pacific Railroad Underpass (81-152) This is a large, high one car concrete underpass built beneath the Union Pacific Railroad transcontinental tracks. The underpass was constructed in 1915 to allow Andrew Anderson, owner of the Anderson Fish Hatchery on the north side of the railroad, to access the ponds from his home on the south side of the railroad right-of-way. The ponds were originally constructed in 1907 prior to the time that Union Pacific laid a second railroad track through Uintah. When they built the new track it was necessary to accommodate Mr. Anderson's fish hatchery since he had prior right-of-access. The underpass is a large concrete arch structure poured in place using plank forms. There are sloping parallel concrete wing walls on the south side and flared wing walls on the north side. The structure is 17 feet 3 inches high by 15 feet 1 inch wide. The arch opening itself is 12 feet high by 15 feet 1 inch wide (Figure 1). A large date of "1915" is stamped into the concrete above the opening on the north side. According to Roger Roper (personal communication 1993), historian at the Utah Division of State History, this type of structure is somewhat uncommon in Utah since such underpasses were only built when unusual situations such as this demanded it. They were not regularly built features which also means the size and configuration of such structures were all different. References Cited: Roper, Roger 1993 Personal communication. [Telephone conversation on September 28, 1993 between Roger Roper of Utah Division of State History and Michael R. Polk of Sagebrush Archaeological Consultants.] Notes on me at Sagebrush, Ogden, Utah. SCALE 1:24000 I 0 2 1000 H H H 0 1 Ed Figure 8. 1000 Ed 3000 2000 .5 Ed Ed Ed 1 MILE 4000 0 5000 6000 7000 FEET I 1 KILOMETRE 1~ Location of sites found during the U.S. Highway 89 Peripheral Additions Project. Thken from: USGS 7.5' Quadrangle Kaysville, Utah (1955;P.R. 1986). 15 ... ... o 1 15 feet to RR tracks I 6 feet , I steep slope I 3 I 1----15'1" - - - . . : . o 6 12 feet • • • J- l-19' Figure 1. Dimensions of Union Pacific underpass in Uintah, Weber County, Utah. Sketch created by Sagebrush Archaeological Consultants (1993). Union Pacific Railroad underpass. South side; view to the north. Union Pacific Railroad underpass. South side; view to the north. Union Pacific Railroad underpass. South side; view of tunnel to the north. Union Pacific Railroad underpass. North side; view to the southeast. Union Pacific Railroad underpass. North side showing top with date; view to the south.