Encyclopaedia britannica was developed during the encyclopaedias transition from a british to an american. Encyclopaedia britannica by various authors nook book. The watersurface elevation of the south part of the lake is usually 0. History booksfree ebooksbooks to readrangepdfkindlecooking stovestory books. This page was last edited on 16 november 2016, at 10.
Great salt lake the reader wiki, reader view of wikipedia. A groundlevel view of the original left and current right lucin cutoffs taken in august, 1971 by jack boucher. First transcontinental railroad project gutenberg self. Personally, i would prefer the salmon, but all the recipes i find for creme anglaise are more for sweet desserts than for fish. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Clay lived with the chinese of blue creek, figure 16, a siding east of promontory summit from 1889 to 1892. Chinle miller has 22 books on goodreads with 4703 ratings. From the thunderous roar of steam locomotives to the rhythmic churning of wheels on track, these sounds are the background beat to an extraordinary saga of technological innovation and engineering achievement. This is an operation to extract pole of the lucin cutoff trestle from great salt lake. When was the original track that passed through promontory summit in northern utah abandoned. The lucin cutoff is a 102mile 164 km railroad line in utah which runs from ogden to its namesake in lucin. The wooden trestle was showing considerable age by this time after five decades of constant use.
The lucin cutoff is a 102mile 164 km railroad line in utah which runs from ogden to its. Greek contribution and sacrifice in the mountain west. The town was moved ten miles to the south in 1903 to act as a stop of the lucin cutoff. The replacement of the old line is usually only considered by the railroad or fundingentity if both of the following conditions are met. As for the lucin cutoff, its final chapters are being written following world war ii. Wintergirls by laurie halse anderson, cut by patricia mccormick, willow by julia hoban, sharp objects by gillian flynn, and sca. They believe that texas history has become too politically correct. I have always held a personal interest in trains for as long as i can remember. Main line trains no longer passed over promontory summit. The overland route is that part of the southern pacific system running from oakland pier, now west oakland, through sacramento to ogden, utah. A history of the promontory summit route of the pacific.
The lucin cutoff is a 102mile railroad line in utah that runs from ogden to its namesake in lucin. Listing of overland route stations and mileage central pacific railroad southern pacific railroad, 18661996. The most prominent feature of the cutoff was a 12mile long railroad trestle crossing the great salt lake, in use from 1904 until the late 1950s, since replaced by a rock and dirt causeway. His success at the firm would later make him partner, which was reflected in the name change to patterson and hall. While exploring the location we were treated to a union pacific train headed east on the lucin cutoff, less than half a mile away. Alta ski area, one of the oldest ski areas in the us, started out as a small mining camp in utahs little cottonwood canyon in the 1920s and 1930s. The first transcontinental railroad was completed at promontory summit, utah, on 10 may 1869.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. For the main page, see southern pacific transportation company. Utah, view of the great salt lake lucin cutoff, train on rr bridge by lantern press. Sourcesl tale of the lucin, by david peterson and, by don strack. This statement beautifully captures how promontory declined in the early decades of the twentieth century. Utahs worst ever train wreck happened new years eve of 1944. The history of the southern pacific stretches from 1865 to 1998. The golden spike also known as the last spike is the ceremonial 17. The left may tend to emphasize certain aspects of texas history, like racism and sexism, that involve mistreatment of people. Today, the great salt lake causeway has replaced it.
More than a century ago, work started on the lucin cutoff, a revolutionary railroad causeway and trestle that spans nearly 20 miles of great salt lake water and mud flat and creates a muchneeded shortcut, even today. Chinle millers most popular book is the ghost rock cafe. The completion of the lucin cutoff between lucin and ogden, in utah, diverted rail traffic from the. With dead news reports at the time provided varying numbers of victims and gave inconsistent details regarding the details of the crash. This town was an 1800s railroad stop for steam engines. After visiting two or three experts and seeing the region for himself, smithson began to focus on such things as the lucin cutoff on which the transcontinental railroad crossed the lake, the abandoned manmade harbors of little valley, water the color of tomato soup, and several photographs of kit carsons cross carved on a. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The description of east high school notes that it was recently completed 19. Spring 2017 utah communication history encyclopedia. Kelton pass box elder county is on us30s eight miles west northwest of curlew junction. An area one mile west was chosen for the location of the ombey siding, completed prior to ca.
The causeway for the lucin cutoff divides the lake into two parts. Its history is unique from other pioneer communities because it was settled by people of different religions and even those who professed no religious affiliation rather than by members of the l. Afterwards we furnish a history and description of the railroad structures. The lucin cutoff begins about fiftyfive miles on from here. Toward the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of young greeks fled to utah to live what they would consider their first years of exile. The water to fill the ponds comes through a pipeline from the pilot mountain range, southwest from this location. Historically, the towns population consisted mainly of employees of the central and southern pacific railroads.
Up sp lucin cutoff in trouble trains magazine trains. They include photographs of construction workers, both at work and in staged group portraits. In 1904 a new railroad route called the lucin cutoff was built bypassing the promontory location to the south. Media in category utah, united states files the following 187 files are in this category, out of 187 total. Three of the photos of the golden gate bridge, fishermans wharf, and bay bridge are identical to photos in the shasta route set. While exploring the location we were treated to a union pacific train headed east on the lucin cutoff, less than half a. A boat, a railroad, and the great salt lake peterson, david on. Books by chinle miller author of the ghost rock cafe. As i began using the internet more extensively for research purposes i found it a bit frustrating that there was no single website covering the railroad industry in great detail. By 1902 as many as ten trains per day five each direction travelled through northern utah daily train schedule, box elder news, 1902.
Robert smithsons environmental history oxford art journal. Hall was a commercial artist at patterson and sullivan at the time he designed and drew this poster. Lucin is a class 2 railroad ghost town in box elder county. Onehalf mile east of umbria junction, adjacent to grouse creek on the promontory branch, is the site of umbria railroad station plat, fig. This was the first of two locations using the same name so has been labeled as the historic site whereas a station with the same name was later established on the nearby lucin cutoff. Overland route stations and mileage sources used by compiler the following documents were found in the records of the southern pacific engineering and public relations departments. That was enough of a reason to go out there and have a look we visited charles stoddard. The lucin cutoff history clearly illustrates how man has failed to tame the great salt lake completely, even in the 21st century. Up sp lucin cutoff in trouble posted by blue streak 1 on saturday, september 29, 2012 2. With completion of the lucin cutoff in 1904, most transcontinental traffic began crossing the great salt lake by trestle and merged with the promontory branch at lucin. Lucin, box elder, utah genealogy familysearch wiki. Railroad train lucin cut off great salt lake utah 1907c albertype postcard. Album contains 56 photographs taken between 1902 and 1904. Ive been up there several times, and it looks like the end of the world.
This book contains the usual views of temple square, lion house, tabernacle, etc. Southern pacific railroad, ogden lucin cutoff trestle, spanning great salt lake, brigham city, box elder county, ut. The southern pacific was represented by three railroads. It was becoming a bottleneck as trains were forced to crawl over the structure at only 15 mph as the structure swayed and buckled. Central pacific railroad photographic history museum.
Sp great salt lake, area october 1987 a pdf of the largeformat. There are also photographs of segments of the railroad. Southern pacific railroad, ogdenlucin cutoff trestle. A history of box elder county, utah centennial county history series. I called the utah park development and spoke to ted tuttle, who told me that water in the great salt lake north of the lucin cutoff, which cuts the lake in two, was the color of tomato soup. The union pacific railroad reporting marks up, upp, upy, legally union pacific railroad company and simply union pacific, is a freighthauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles 51,800 km routes in 23 u. This page has been viewed 909 times 0 via redirect content is available under creative commons attribution share alike unless otherwise noted. Information and a timeline of the history of southern pacific sp in utah. Sp in utah a chronology history of southern pacific in utah. Ebook pdf history books free ebooks books to read range reading kindle stove word reading. The lucin cutoff is a 102mile railroad line in utah which runs from ogden to its namesake in lucin. The term last spike has been used to refer to one driven at the usually. On february 19, 1904, 24 men16 of whom were greek immigrant railroad workersdied in a train collision near the lucin cutoff crossing the great salt lake. The founders could see corinne as the state capitol as it.
This supper menu offers a choice of salmon with sauce anglaise, chicken pot pie, or club steak, which is half of a tbone steak. Southern pacifics lucin cutoff, now part of the larger union pacific. Besides the 48 fatalities, another 79 were reported injured in the crash. Excerpts from his oral history are recorded by don c. A post office opened on june 4, 1904, with wes johnson as postmaster. It was originally on the central pacific railroad as a stage and freighting station, with hotels. In november 1903, however, the sp opened the lucin cutoff, a 102. Since the development of the lucin cutoff, lucin has been a homesite for many people and in recent times, a small community of retired people lived here. By going west across the great salt lake from ogden, utah, to lucin, utah, the new railroad line shortened the distance by 43 miles and avoided curves and grades. Several decades later, in 1899, plans commenced on a water level route that would directly span the lake to its north with lucin as the western terminus of the old alignment. But during those 110plus years of rails across the lake, its monstrous. Sp began operating passenger trains over the new ogdenlucin cutoff. Southern pacific railroad, ogdenlucin cutoff trestle, spanning. Hall was an active member of the thirteen watercolorists which.
The most prominent feature of the cutoff was a 12mile 19 km long railroad trestle crossing the great salt lake, in use from 1904 until the late 1950s, and since replaced by a rock and dirt causeway. Richard howard, the notable translator of many great french authors, has devoted his talents to translating all of ciorans french books, and has done his typically splendid job. A history of the promontory summit route of the pacific railroad. Sep 29, 2012 up sp lucin cutoff in trouble posted by blue streak 1 on saturday, september 29, 2012 2. The national parks passport is a spiral bound book, divided into color coded. Ten miles past lucin, the overland crossed into nevada at tecoma, the nearest railroad town to the silver, copper, and lead mines discovered in the. Utah, which had been cut off from the southern pacific mainline by the lucin cutoff. Southern pacific railroad, ogdenlucin cutoff trestle, spanning great salt lake, brigham city, box elder county, ut. Onehalf mile east of umbria junction, adjacent to grouse creek on the promontory branch, is the site of umbria railroad station plat. One of americas foremost revisionists of railroad history and the robber baron thesis. By july 1881, railroad profiles show a section house, tool house, and chinese bunk and cookhouses, located at ombey, suggesting that section facilities at gravel pit had been discontinued and moved west. Other photos correspond to ones in the national color press overland route set.
Kelton box elder county was twenty miles off the northwest corner of the great salt lake. Unique to this construction was the employment of thousands of ethnic chinese railroad workers. Encyclopaedia britannica is a wellknown general encyclopedia that has been published since the 18th century. Harriman, maury klein has legitimately recycled the title, goals, and methods that served so well in crafting his 1986 biography of jay gould. It required five years of arduous manual labor, assisted only by hand tools and blasting. Greek immigrants were among the last europeans to make their way into the united states during the late 1800s. Utahs worst ever train wreck happened new years eve of 1944 from the book, history of ogden, utah in old postcards, by d. This statement beautifully captures how promontory declined in. Railroad track plat maps refer to the location of the convergence of the 1904 lucin cutoff with the promontory branch as umbria junction. The first transcontinental railroad known originally as the pacific railroad and later as the overland route was a 1,907mile 3,069 km contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western united states to connect the pacific coast at san francisco bay with the existing eastern u. Lucin cutoff, a 103mile bypass that included the mile great salt lake trestle. Lucin was founded in the late 19th century, about 1 mile 1. The sps lucin cutoff was the railroads ambitious project to bypass its original promontory summit line. The opening of the lucin cutoff hoisted on trestles in a straight line across great salt lake west from ogden in 1904 greatly reduced traffic through the old route, and railroad facilities, workers, shops and towns soon began to dwindle and disappear all along the line.
Lucin promontory, ut manuals sitemap roster links when the union pacific railroad was racing west to meet the central pacific in the late 1860s, there was some argument about whether the best transcontinental route lay north of great salt lake or to the south. Clays observations provide a glimpse of the domestic life of chinese in terrace and other promontory route stations. After the lucin cutoff diverted almost all of the railroad traffic away from the original line over the summit, telegrapher earl harmon recalled that, there wasnt much said about promontory in them days. Additional copies of some timetables after 1973 were provided by john r. Services continued to run over the old promontory division after the lucin cutoff was opened, although in diminishing numbers, until the rails were ripped up in 1942 the metal contributed to. The translation is complete, utterly reliable, and catches all the sneer and boil of ciorans own style. The photographs document the construction of the lucin cutoff. In answering, why was the great salt lake cutoff built. Although its not mentioned much in utahs history books, utah has been a home to. The great salt lake differs in elevation between the south and north parts. The overland route was a train route operated jointly by the union pacific railroad and the central pacific railroad southern pacific railroad, between council bluffs, iowa omaha, nebraska, and san francisco, california over the grade of the first transcontinental railroad aka the pacific railroad which had been opened on may 10, 1869. Although its not mentioned much in utahs history books, utah has been a home to snowboarding, and a dominant destination for the sport since the early 1970s. Media related to the lucin cutoff, a 102mile 164 km railroad line in utah which runs from ogden to its namesake in lucin. Rails east to prodlontory bureau of land management.
The union pacific railroad system is the second largest in the united states after bnsf and is one of the worlds largest. Water was piped from a nearby mountain to replenish the railroads steam locomotives. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The lucin ponds were developed in the 1800s for this purpose. A booklet titled going to sea by railgreat salt lake cutoff primer was part of the union paci.