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Show Abstract The Office of Public Archaeology (OPA) at Brigham Young University carried out a survey of the proposed Mid-Jordan Light Rail Corridor to identify and assess historic properties located within the area of the proposed transportation corridor. A number of potential historic properties were previously identified by the URS Corporation of Denver, Colorado (Mutaw 2002). These sites were reexamined by OPA and an assessment was made of the eligibility and significance of the properties under the guidelines established by the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Most of the project passes through highly urbanized areas of private and public land in the incorporated cities of Midvale, Murray, West Jordan, and South Jordan. In these built-up areas, the emphasis was on the identification of existing structures that could possibly qualify as historic properties under the NRHP guidelines as well as the identification of nonhistoric properties which might be affected by the proposed project corridor. Also examined were historic ditches, canals and railroads which lie within the proposed light rail corridor. In addition, the Office of Public Archaeology conducted a standard pedestrian survey of several undeveloped discontinuous parcels of land situated at various locations along the proposed corridor. These areas were identified for survey because they have not been significantly disturbed by modem development, and thus retained the potential to contain undisturbed evidence of prehistoric or historic cultural materials in the form of archaeological remains. iii |
