The lucin cutoff is a 102mile 164 km railroad line in utah which runs from ogden to its namesake in lucin. The cutoff was named after the town of lucin, west of the great salt lake. Historic lucin was renamed grouse and finally dismantled by the railroad in 1907. Centennial history of the university of nebraska paperback january 1, 1969 by robert n manley author visit amazons robert n manley page. The central pacific railroad was a rail route built eastwards from the west coast between california and utah in the 1860s. If you buy more than one item buy it now please use the add to basket function as this will activate the combined shipping rate. The history of the book became an acknowledged academic discipline in the 1980s, contributors to the discipline include specialists from the fields of textual. This book contains the usual views of temple square, lion house, tabernacle, etc. The water to fill the ponds comes through a pipeline from the pilot mountain range, southwest from this location. The society for the history of authorship, reading and publishing was founded to create a global network for book historians working in a broad range of. Between 19021904, the lucin cutoff was built to shorten the route in utah, making this new path actually cross over the great salt lake and actually passing through promontory point on the east side of the lake.
In november 1903, however, the sp opened the lucin cutoff, a 102. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. 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. Midlake ogden lucin cutoff pacific limited railroad. The entire cutoff project extended for 103 miles between lucin and ogden, and was in turn part of a program calling for extensive rehabilitation of 373 miles of the original central pacific line between reno and ogden, with the old line shortened and strengthened and completely replaced over many sections. Corinne is now a small quiet community with several service stations, and a farm cooperative that services box elder county. Ive been up there several times, and it looks like the end of the world. Pages in category railroad cutoffs the following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. In 1904 the name lucin was transferred and applied to nearby facilities on the newly completed lucin cutoff. An area one mile west was chosen for the location of the ombey siding, completed prior to ca.
Population records document 15 people living in matlin in 1870 and 25 in 1876 geological survey 1900 and rand mcnally 1956. 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. Up sp lucin cutoff in trouble posted by blue streak 1 on saturday, september 29, 2012 2. Midlake ogden lucin cutoff pacific limited railroad, postcard. A collection of interesting kids story books, download and read free childrens story books pdf. Like the shasta route photos, they are better quality than the national color press photos, or at least they have aged better click image to download a 14. Environment proved stronger than genetics settled and industrializing england constrained railway builders to design the most efficient routes possible, whereas their counterparts in unsettled and impecunious america disregarded gradient and circuity on pain of not completing lines at all. These lists were compiled from records found in the engineering and public relations departments at southern pacific. After the lucin cutoff was built across the lake, kelton faded into a ghost town. Executive who carried on the idea of the founder and guiding spirit of the dream of the lucin cutoff. Media related to the lucin cutoff, a 102mile 164 km 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. With dead news reports at the time provided varying numbers of victims and gave inconsistent details regarding the details of the crash. Southern pacific railroad, ogdenlucin cutoff trestle. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. 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. The ogden lucin cutoff, built 19021904 by the southern pacific railroad across the great salt lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the united states. The final spike in the transcontinental railroad usa.
An english import, the american railway diverged sharply from english ideals. Up sp lucin cutoff in trouble trains magazine trains. The lucin cutoff is a 102mile railroad line in utah that runs from ogden to its namesake in lucin. The society for the history of authorship, reading and publishing. Water was piped from a nearby mountain to replenish the railroads steam locomotives. Primarily a study in economics, that of the rise of a great railroad system, this book of mr.
Lucin, box elder, utah genealogy familysearch wiki. The lucin cutoff begins about fiftyfive miles on from here. 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. This is a story that the children will return to time and again for a fun bedtime read. A pictorial history hardcover january 1, 1974 by mattatuck historical society author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Apr 19, 2012 images of the trestle that started it all for us. Lucin was founded in the late 19th century, about 1 mile 1.
His success at the firm would later make him partner, which was reflected in the name change to patterson and hall. 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. 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. 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. The lucin ponds were developed in the 1800s for this purpose. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data applied for schwieterman, joseph p. The search box on the left allows searching across the content of all the pdfs that make up the first six books. Daggetts will be welcomed by all who are interested in problems connected with the history of the united states in the past half century or. Spring 2017 utah communication history encyclopedia.
The cutoff was originally built by the southern pacific railroad as a means of. William hood, chief engineer of the southern pacific, supervised the construction, which. This was the western part of the first transcontinental railroad in north america. Union pacific was the first major railroad company to build within. Readera book reader allows reading books for free, offline in pdf, epub, microsoft word doc, docx, rtf, kindle mobi, azw3, djvu, fb2, txt, odt. Part four reno to ogden via lucin cutoff 1904 to 1996 part four also includes the promontory line until 1941.
Today a railroad station and a small community still carries the name. Historically, the towns population consisted mainly of employees of the central and southern pacific railroads. Here is alex dulfers version of sixteen color photos for the overland route. Algal bloom is a phenomenon where certain genera of algae notably alexandrium and karenia or cyanobacteria bluegreen algae reproduce explosively. Ground evidence and vandalized dugouts reveal many chinese artifacts attributable to the 19th century. The former trestle was also considered to be the longest, straightest, most level stretch of track ever built. The first transcontinental railroad was completed at promontory summit, utah, on 10 may 1869. First transcontinental railroad project gutenberg self. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. According to author del vance in his book, beer in the. Lucin cutoff railroad trestle as i was blogging about the haloarchaea bacteria last month, i learned about how the lucin cutoff causeway changed the salinity of the north arm of the lake.
That smithson chose to evoke williamss table in an essay on the spiral jetty implicitly equating the nineteenth and twentiethcentury desert with the nineteenth and twentiethcentury suburb suggests just how dedicated he was to creating a toxic discourse able to intervene in the still evolving history of american landscape. For more great postcards, trade cards, covers, etc. This statement beautifully captures how promontory declined in. Surprisingly, the sp still used the original line for several years after the new route was opened, naming it the promontory branch to serve remaining shippers and passengers. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Lucin is a class 2 railroad ghost town in box elder county. Lucin cutoff, a 103mile bypass that included the mile great salt lake trestle. It ended up cutting almost 50 miles off most freight train trips through the area. Shore line railway new york, new haven and hartford railroad public archaeology survey team, inc federal transit administration metro north commuter railroad fleming, wayne new york and new haven. Hall was an active member of the thirteen watercolorists which. The golden spike also known as the last spike is the ceremonial 17. When was the original track that passed through promontory summit in northern utah abandoned. The union pacific railroad system is the second largest in the united states after bnsf and is one of the worlds largest.
You can drive the dirt track of the former transcontinental route around the north end of the lake with a stop at golden spike national historic site where the pavement ends. Marketing facilities are within reasonable distance of any farm in the vicinity, and rail facilities and good highways provide excellent market availability to this area. 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. That made me very interested in the lucin cutoff railroad trestle that was built in 1903 before the causeway. 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. In short, the lucin cutoff has been a maintenance nightmare.
Central pacific railroad photographic history museum. Unique to this construction was the employment of thousands of ethnic chinese railroad workers. The town was moved ten miles to the south in 1903 to act as a stop of the lucin cutoff. This town was an 1800s railroad stop for steam engines.
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