Great Salt Lake Cutoff, Utah

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Title
Great Salt Lake Cutoff, Utah
Description
Color drawing of a train crossing the Great Salt Lake railroad cutoff. Back of card is captioned, "The Great Salt Lake Cut-off extends from Ogden to Lucin a distance of 102.9 miles, crossing over the north end of the Great salt Lake. It was finished Nov. 13 1903 after 1 1/2 years of effort at a cost of $4,500,000.00. It saves S. P. R. R. Co. 43.8 miles of distance, 3,919 degrees of curvature, and 1515 feet of grade."
Date
Circa 1904-1924
Creator
Souvenir Novelty Co.
Spatial Coverage
Great Salt Lake, Box Elder County, Utah, United States,
Item Number
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tx8gm5
Digital Collection
Mss C 376, Utah and the West Postcard Collection
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Subject
Great Salt Lake (Utah); Railroads; Southern Pacific Railroad Company

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