Steamer "Promontory", floating bunk-house, and floating pole-drive at the Lucin Cutoff. Photo by Johnson Salt Lake.

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Title Steamer "Promontory", floating bunk-house, and floating pole-drive at the Lucin Cutoff. Photo by Johnson Salt Lake.
Photo Number P0220n01_05_24
Description Photo shows construction work on the Lucin Cutoff (built between February 1902 and March 1904). On the left is the steamer "Promontory;" middle is a floating bunk house; right is a floating pole driver.
Creator The Johnson Co. Salt Lake
Date 1902; 1903; 1904
Textual Date 1902-1904
Keywords Great Salt Lake Region (Utah); Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Trestles; Railroad companies--United States; Railroad companies--Utah; Great Salt Lake (Utah); Boats and boating; Steamboats; Bunkhouses; Lucin Cutoff railroad line; Pole-drivers
Subject Great Salt Lake (Utah)--Photographs; Railroads--Utah--Design and construction--Photographs; Railroad bridges--Utah--Design and construction--Photographs; Boats and boating--Utah--Great Salt Lake--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Great Salt Lake (Utah)
Additional Information This collection consists of prints and slides pertaining to the Great Salt Lake in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included are photographs of the Salt Flats, sailing on the Great Salt Lake, pleasure boats, Lucin Cutoff, Saltair, Garfield Beach and Black Rock.
Collection Number and Name P0220 The Great Salt Lake Photograph Collection
Collection Name The Great Salt Lake
Rights
Type Image
Finding Aid http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2399
Digitization Specifications Digital image produced on Nikon Super CoolScan 5000 ED Film Scanner, RGB, at 400 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6jt0fx7
Setname uum_map
ID 983533
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jt0fx7
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