Great Salt Lake Cut Off

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Stock #:54756
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
State: Utah (UT)
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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The Great Salt Lake Cut Off extends from Ogden to lucid 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 for the S. P. R. Co. 43.8 miles of distance, 3,919 degrees of curvature and 1,515 feet of grade. The water in the lake is 22 per cent salt, Thousands of tons of salt are shipped form this source annually.

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