Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great Salt Lake, Brigham City, Box Elder County, UT
Summary
Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 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. William Hood, Chief Engineer of the Southern Pacific, supervised the construction, which involved a multitude of unique problems due to the unpredictability of the salt and mud lake bottom. The cut-off eliminated 44 miles of extreme grades and curves found on the original transcontinental route through the Promontory Mountains.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6
Survey number: HAER UT-13
Building/structure dates: 1902- 1904 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001257
Tags
railroad bridges
railroad industry
railroad companies
bridge construction
civil engineering
brigham city utah
pacific
railroad
southern pacific railroad
ogden lucin
cutoff
trestle
ogden lucin cutoff trestle
great
great salt lake
brigham
brigham city
elder
box elder county
salt lake city
utah
southern pacific railroad company
embankments
pilings civil engineering
timber piles
transportation
railroad tracks
filling
wood trestles
keith bailey
burtch w beall
jack e boucher
david l bouse
central pacific railroad
t allan comp
eric delony
e h harriman
historic american engineering record
william hood
charles madsen
robert j mcnair
toni ristau
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library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hood, William
Location
Brigham City (Utah)
,
41.51021, -112.01550
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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